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June 10th, 2007
03:12 pm
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zortified: This is the short version - Everyone's experiences are unique. Eveyone reacts in their own way, thinks their own thoughts, feels their own feelings. We're all individuals and there is no one thing that is true for all members of a group unless that group is the size of one person. A -
- alixtii: Meta: Authorial Responsibility, Consequences and Context - I believe that fictional texts should be critiqued and judged by consequences they can reasonably be expected to have (Heinlein did not expect Manson, nor should he have). -
- virginie_m: Thinky thoughts about LJ Strikethrough 07 - I don't believe artists should be controlled by the prevailing taste or wisdom of their societies. -
- holli: yes, but what are your thoughts on crossovers? - Sometimes it really is easier to just zap your characters into the next universe over via swirly vortex or magic spell, rather than trying to make the case that they've been sharing a universe all along and never noticed. -
- gossymer: And for breakfast we have... - I think it might not be so much of LJ-ers fitting themselves into the current GJ community as it could be the GJ-community getting used to LJ-ers who don't see any need to do things differently. -
- entrenous88: "responsibility" for writers; writing & fear; some self indulgent & happy shouting into the void - But please don't tailor or hold back your writing with those impulses of hesitation, fear, and reluctance. -
- xanphibian: realism, fantasy, and why we write what we write (in response to heatherly's post) - We write for a specific audience. Our fic is by fen, for fen, and to add in another possible audience, we take away from that. -
- tkp: And for fandom's next act... - I think you need to understand the reality of rape, etc, in order to be a constructive member of human society, but I don't think you need it to write fic. -
- cupidsbow: Women/Writing: 2 That Classic Combination: Sex and Violence, by cupidsbow - I would argue that the current fannish debate revolves around the same issue of women's sexual doubleness: . . . And both sides are right! These are both legitimate and real responses -
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