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oulangi.livejournal.com: Monday, December 17th, 2007
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cupidsbow: Valuing the Work in Fanwork - 've been thinking about why people outside of fandom seem to fundamentally misunderstand what fanwork is about, and why fans value it. It's puzzled me that people can't see at least the hypothetical value of it, partly because it seems so obvious to me; -- iamsab: OTW, our fully furnished fannish city - I've always envisioned fandom as a kind of sprawling city -- certainly in number and in vocality we are as large and impressive as any subculture, with our own jargon, needs, values, and subcommunities -
- queenzulu: Hi fandom I love you.Scalzi's blog post and all those arguments...they're not going anywhere[...]and that's infinitely frustrating. But on a meta level...isn't that an awesome discussion? Isn't it beautiful how we're all just...telling each other our stories?
- amireal: OTW and me - What I want from and hope that OTW will eventually achieve is security. I want to be able to practice my hobby without the fear of losing large portions of it without warning[...]I want to find the good stuff without having to learn a secret handshake -
- ithiliana: *points to icon* FAIR WARNING, people - I'm frustrated by the bad-faith type of arguments, that characterize OTW in ways that I don't recognize, and I've been following it from the start -