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Aspiring Writer, but also fandom mess who jumps all over the place all of the time

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@poIysterbride Whats the movie with Hrithik Roshan??

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@_cealesti @J2297Jane We may have both started out a little more agitated than we would have liked, but i will always appreciate genuine conversation over arguments!

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@_cealesti I completely get that! I do think some of the things said are worded to get negative reactions, because algorithms love that, of course.

I may not read fanfic very much anymore, but fandom culture always interests me

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@_cealesti Which is fair! Ive always considered myself part of a lot of fandoms, even if i'm more of a lurker in some vs active in others.

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@_cealesti True they're not! I guess i was more stuck on the "you dont get to belittle others experiences," which while i 100% agree, but i also dont think its fair to critique the idea of not minding who wrote a certain fanfic either

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@_cealesti To the point that it seems that strange that others mag not look at it the same. I tend to not remember x writes for y because i rarely rarely ever read more than one fic from a writer anymore

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@_cealesti I'll admit i could have worded that better (im at work). You haven't said it specifically, but i have seen multiple others talk about befriending the authors and following them on other socials as well, which is fine, but it seems to me some people see it as a core part of fandom

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@_cealesti Being a fan of the original media is the primary criteria for being part of a fandom that i have used since my ffnet days. Has the criteria changed? I'm genuinely fascinYed by this topic

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@_cealesti "your experience is not normative and you dont get to belittle others for it" is that not also what you're doing? Why do you get to tell someone they're not engaging in fandom "right," but someone else can't question that? +

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@_cealesti My question is why is it so bad that someone else may prefer to lurk and not directly engage with others? Do they have to talk to or invest time in every fanfic author who has a fic they like? This is where i'm baffled

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@pixieterror @rhaenyrastoker Again, pancakes and waffles. No one said fanfic authors are worthless. They said fanfic authors should not be considered to be above other fans.

And again, ask yourself why are you so bothered by some fans not valuing fanfic the same as others.

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Gah I need to watch more Shah Rukh Khan movies, but I am not sure what to watch next 😭

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@Noth1ngEnough You do know that fanfic and books are nowhere near the same thing, right? Right?

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@DJJazzyJ2Real Oop 😆

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@catalystcomett Touch grass. You're overreacting.

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You are putting fanfiction on too high of a pedestal. Fanfiction is only one OPTIONAL element that is in a fandom. It is not that important. Touch fucking grass.

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I don’t think it makes people ‘evil’ not to notice who authored a story but I do think it shows a lack of taste and discernment that is somewhat embarrassing—if you don’t care about quality of course you won’t pay attention to who wrote a fic, you’re just reading everything

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@duckgirlie I feel obligated to add on. I rarely ever read fanfic. I also feel like a lot of this discourse is a result of putting fanfic on too high of a pedestal.

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@duckgirlie I may check if an author if a fic i like has written anything else in other fandoms i'm in. Somehow, i never like any of their other fics as much.

That being said, I'd never check out fic of a fandom i'm not in just because a fic author wrote something i liked.