Hey hey hey, kidlets and giglets, it's that time again!

Lots of new things happening in these parts! You asked us questions and we answered them, frequently, and so here comes the new updated metafandom FAQ. Enjoy!
( Questions, with answers. Mostly )

• hossgal: Fanfiction: A definition - I'm going to give a swing at the definition - with the recognition that there are several general types of fanfiction, many typical styles and motivations for writing fanfic, and (at least) as many *specific* reasons for writing fanfic as there are fanfic -
  
  (tags: fanfic)


• therealjae: Types of fandoms: trying on a generalization - [...] I'm finding myself wondering whether the reasons can be found in the shows themselves, or more specifically in the kinds of shows -
  
  (tags: fandom tww fnl)


• liz_marcs: You did not just go there... - No one has ever been beaten into the hospital or the morgue because they wrote fanfiction -
  
  (tags: fandom fanfic sexuality)


• pseudohistorian: Everybody's Got a Special Kind of Story - In the meantime, though, I emailed Julie Hilden, one of the FindLaw columnists I read regularly, suggesting that she might want to write about the OTW in a future column, since the issues surrounding it (free speech, copyright and fair use, etc.) seem rig -
  
  (tags: otw)