Small, out-of-nowhere fanfic rant
Jun. 1st, 2003 12:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
electriclandFar be it from me (well, normally) to crap on other people's innocent or not-so-innocent diversions, but inspired by this post from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
discworld, I'm gonna do it anyway.
(Nota bene: I don't read fanfic unless someone plunks it down in front of me and says "Here, read this." Frankly, there is so much else out there that I haven't got around to reading yet and want to, it seems like a waste of time. And most of it is just not worth the effort. But I do kinda understand the appeal of it, when it's well done. I can even see that there are worse things to get obsessed with, although fanfic snobbery just baffles me. That said...)
If you are concerned about your childhood memories being desecrated by fanfic, there is a simple solution. Don't seek it out. If you come across fic involving your treasured childhood memories, don't read it. Come on, people, that's what they put all those ridiculous rating symbols on them for in the first place -- what the hell are you expecting? And why, for the love of God, are you reading Transformers fanfic anyway?
Thank you, that is all. Carry on.
discworld, I'm gonna do it anyway.(Nota bene: I don't read fanfic unless someone plunks it down in front of me and says "Here, read this." Frankly, there is so much else out there that I haven't got around to reading yet and want to, it seems like a waste of time. And most of it is just not worth the effort. But I do kinda understand the appeal of it, when it's well done. I can even see that there are worse things to get obsessed with, although fanfic snobbery just baffles me. That said...)
If you are concerned about your childhood memories being desecrated by fanfic, there is a simple solution. Don't seek it out. If you come across fic involving your treasured childhood memories, don't read it. Come on, people, that's what they put all those ridiculous rating symbols on them for in the first place -- what the hell are you expecting? And why, for the love of God, are you reading Transformers fanfic anyway?
Thank you, that is all. Carry on.
