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effervescible) wrote2005-09-05 10:35 pm
effervescible) wrote2005-09-05 10:35 pm
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Fandom observations
Oh, my god, so much word.
My favorites:
2) Adding sex to one's favorite series has always been a core foundation of what drives fanfiction. Get over yourselves, genficcers. It's not bad just because it has sex in it. Personally, I find genfic a more dangerous copyright violation than wild out-there yaoi/slash sex, as potentially it has a far wider audience appeal that might actually threaten the original author's works and profits. But that's just my gut take on the issue. (And I don't want dubiously lawyer-ific quotes on copyright law back on me about any of it either. I'm WELL aware of it, thankyouverymuch.)
6) Popular pairings are just that - popular. So what? That doesn't mean they need to have targets painted on them or be scorned as 'boring'. There are reasons they are popular, after all, no matter how unlikely they might seem to you.
7) Crack pairings are just that - out there. Let them be. Really, they aren't hurting anything by existing any more than the popular ones are.
17) Putting something up on the internet is asking for people to respond to you. Be prepared to deal with the ones who like you as well as the ones who don't. Don't let lavish praise go to your head. Write what you want to write, about what you want to write about, and you'll be happier in the long run. Conversely, don't let flames get to you too badly either (easier said than done, I know). Either delete them outright and don't dwell on them, or try to look for another agenda in their comments. But if you're writing slash/yaoi, blatant anti-gay messages should just be deleted outright or ignored. They aren't talking about your work, after all, only the subject matter.
God bless people who post interesting, thought-out fandom rambles so I don't have to.
My favorites:
2) Adding sex to one's favorite series has always been a core foundation of what drives fanfiction. Get over yourselves, genficcers. It's not bad just because it has sex in it. Personally, I find genfic a more dangerous copyright violation than wild out-there yaoi/slash sex, as potentially it has a far wider audience appeal that might actually threaten the original author's works and profits. But that's just my gut take on the issue. (And I don't want dubiously lawyer-ific quotes on copyright law back on me about any of it either. I'm WELL aware of it, thankyouverymuch.)
6) Popular pairings are just that - popular. So what? That doesn't mean they need to have targets painted on them or be scorned as 'boring'. There are reasons they are popular, after all, no matter how unlikely they might seem to you.
7) Crack pairings are just that - out there. Let them be. Really, they aren't hurting anything by existing any more than the popular ones are.
17) Putting something up on the internet is asking for people to respond to you. Be prepared to deal with the ones who like you as well as the ones who don't. Don't let lavish praise go to your head. Write what you want to write, about what you want to write about, and you'll be happier in the long run. Conversely, don't let flames get to you too badly either (easier said than done, I know). Either delete them outright and don't dwell on them, or try to look for another agenda in their comments. But if you're writing slash/yaoi, blatant anti-gay messages should just be deleted outright or ignored. They aren't talking about your work, after all, only the subject matter.
God bless people who post interesting, thought-out fandom rambles so I don't have to.
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