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dodyskin.livejournal.com: Sunday the 12th of June, 2005

fairestcat 2005-06-11: fairestcat: On compartmentalization of fannish and "real" life:A couple common refrains seemed to be "I'm not embarrassed by my fannishness, I'm just embarrassed to talk about it" or "my RL friends that know tease me about my fannishness so I don't like talking about it" or "I have a couple people that know but absolutely no one else". And see, I know those statements make sense and work for the people who are saying them but I just can't seem to wrap my brain around them. For me they aren't even an option.

fictualities 2005-06-11: fictualities: Paracosms, anyone?:Paracosm. Well, cool, so there's a name for it. This makes me feel a little less eccentric, because a large part of my childhood and teenage years were spent in my own little paracosm, one which grew and changed over time but remained remarkably consistent.

carlanime 2005-06-11: carlanime: playing with the fiction/clothing metaphor:A while back I, somewhat facetiously, offered as one possible view of feedback an analogy with clothing: we get dressed every day, after all, but it is rude to go around telling people what you think of their clothes.

musesfool 2005-06-11: musesfool: my compass, faith in love's perfection:And I realized I see the world as text. I don't mean I see the world literally as letters or something, like in "The Matrix," but it's all narrative to me. I'm not saying I'm a genius, either, or particularly creative, 'cause I'm not. But I'm constantly narrating things in my head, and writing and rewriting the narrative of my life, looking for the right words to describe and explain it, the true meaning of it.

romanyg 2005-06-11: romanyg: Fic Culture: sometimes do people read just to be nice?:I wonder how much this happens with fic? And how it affects feedback?

eliade 2005-06-11: eliade: live the cliche:
Plus, you know how there's that thing when you're writing in a fandom and suddenly someone comes out with a telepathy story. And it's not just a great telepathy story. That would be okay. It's the *first* telepathy story and it's so freaking brilliant that it will *remain* the *definitive* telepathy story for that fandom. Forever. And so you never write a telepathy story. Because your writerly ego quails, your hands shake with nerves and flop sweat, the very idea makes you want to hide under your desk.

rahirah 2005-06-11: rahirah: Because my contrary nature demands it...:What are the items of outright fanon and dubious characterization that you know are evil, bad, and wrong, but which you clutch to your bosom and use anyway?

pinkdormouse 2005-06-12: pinkdormouse: A Poll, A Poll:Discussions among Buffyverse Fen about All Human AUs, and other discussions on AU, led me to wonder about people's fanfic preferences. Personally I tend to get into fandoms because I like a setting, and the characters that inhabit it, so I don't generally go for the kind of AU that lifts characters from their setting into a very different setting, but keeps the look and defining characteristics the same.

clotho123 2005-06-12: clotho123: Historical accuracy and dramatic licence.:For a while now I've been trying to put together some thoughts on historical accuracy vs. dramatic licence but I'm finding the subject elusive. However trying to write a story where I find myself taking more historical liberties than usual has spurred me on. This has come out a bit rambling, but it covers some of the ground at least.

halegirl 2005-06-12: fanthropology: An historical perspective on beta reading: Issues and trends:Tracking the etymology of the term beta reading is difficult. Unlike some terms, it does not date back to zine communities or the science fiction fandom. The term is not mentioned in Henry Jenkins’s Textual Poachers, Joan Marie Verba’s Boldly Writing or in the book, Star Trek Lives! It did not seem to originate in one particular fannish community.

dragonscholar 2005-06-12: fanthropology: Black Hole Fanon: Fanon and conspiracy theories:It struck me recently that I have seen people vigorously defend fanon as canon, in ways that reminded me of people defending and defnining conspiracy theories. An analysis follows.

hillaryr 2005-06-10: fan_ta_sm: Fighting in Fandom:My question: why do we need to debate, continually, the value of fandom? Is it silly? Is it worthwhile? Why do we have to question the validity of the practice or the worth of fannish exercise-- be it from an academic or personal perspective.

purple_ladybug1 2005-06-06: purple_ladybug1: The fandom cheerleader: I've been thinking. There isn't really a title out there for fandomers like me. I don't write fanfiction and I don't creat fanart. I just enjoy it. ... So if I don't write fanfiction or create fanart, then what am I?

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