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alixtii - More Thoughts It's not what is being written, in and of itself, which is at issue; it's what is being written in the context of how, and by whom, it is being read. (And who's writing, both individually and as a community.) What may be perfectly fine in the feminist utopia may be problematic in the here-now, and vice versa.

aubrem - decentralization - a philosophy to live by Then everyone would get something tailored to their individual tastes and no one could point at the Reader and say it was unfairly influential. Similarly I think there should be duplicate archives because any one might limit or shape the character of a ship but having alternates can only broaden it.

alchemia - This is a reply... If you don't feel slash is making the impact you want it to make, as apparently Slytheriescesss does, then that's OK. In fact, I think its good to consider that- because maybe that will lead a person to putting energy into even MORE and different ways to support quality in the world. But for people like me, who don't have money to donate, who don't have the social skills or ability to be involved that way, or whp have physical limitations- those of us who can't get up and "Get outhtere" like Slytheriescesss suggests (or those of us whose strengths are really in writing rather than other things) shouldn't feel ashamed that this is "all" we can give.

violet_quill - Where Have All the Writers Gone I guess one thing I'm wondering is if this is a pattern in other parts of fandom as well, or if it's just that there's a move away from smut, or from LJ, or something like that, I don't know. Less fandom enthusiasm in general? Or are people still writing and I'm not seeing it, or it's different people? Like I said, to me this seems like an abrupt drop-off because I wasn't around for what was probably more of a gradual change.

lothy - On nobility in fanfictionI've read a lot I've read a lot of AU fics from various fandoms where characters are royalty or nobility. And there seem to be two clear stereotypes that 95% of such fics follow:
1. The evil overlord who cares about nothing but money and status, and regularly has people tortured (often including his own son).
2. A kind man who doesn't really care about being a noble, has his servants call him by his first name, associates with the servants, and often has a close friendship and/or romantic relationship with a servant or slave

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cathybites - No method in our madness... which, of course, led me to wondering about other people's thoughts on [feedback]