[ SECRET POST #2732 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2732 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Because people who read because they like it want to read things they like?

If that means primarily or entirely fanfic, so what?

[(Anonymous)]

Because by only reading things you like you don't encounter anything new and don't broaden your horizons. How will you know you like things if you never encounter them? How can you ever understand other cultures if you don't experience them?

[(Anonymous)]

Not everyone reads to broaden their horizons or experience new things. I love to read for both those purposes, but me shoving books at people who are uninterested in reading them isn't going to magically make them interested. There are other ways for them to get that experience. Heck, they could even get it from the right fanfic.

Also, not everyone interested in broadening their horizons or experiencing new things turns to any fiction to do so. I've known a few people who generally only read fanfic and non-fiction books and don't think of the two the same way-- reading fanfic is "reading," reading non-fiction is "research."

[(Anonymous)]

Seriously, anon? I read National Geographic, the New York Times, Popular Science, Reader's Digest, and fanfiction. My horizons are broad enough without any additional reading, and if I wanted an assigned reading list, I'd go back to school.

[(Anonymous)]

clearly you are not only reading fanfic, so what's your point?

[(Anonymous)]

The point is that I'm not reading literature, but that doesn't matter at all. I'm only reading things I like, and I'm still learning new things and experiencing new cultures.

[(Anonymous)]

Other than being forced to by work or school, who would ever read something they didn't like? That's ridiculous.

You pick up a book to read it because you think you will like it - because it is a in a genre, written by an author, or on a subject you like or are interested in. If you don't like it you stop reading it, then you go get another book you think you will like. Even if you're reading purely to broaden your horizons, there is usually such a wide range of titles on any given topic you don't have to suffer through a poorly written or uninteresting one.

[(Anonymous)]

I work for an international non-profit. I'm exposed to other cultures every single day in real life; I don't need books for that.

[nyxelestia]

When I want to broaden my horizons, I read articles about the relevant topics online or in a magazine.

When I read fiction or another book, by and large it's because I expect to enjoy it.

Also, I've probably read a lot more about "other cultures" that wasn't proselytizing in one way or another than in published literature. If I want to read about another culture, I'd rather just read a good story from a character who happens to be in that culture or a non-fiction article about them. I would rather not every fictional, multicultural work I read be about crises of identity and culture-clashing, but that's what tends to make up the bulk of such works in published fiction. I have enough ethnic identity crises and culture clashes in my own life, I don't want to waste time reading about them.

And quite frankly, I've found far, FAR more new things in fanfic than in published fic. There are just tons of barriers in published fiction that don't exist in fandom.

[(Anonymous)]

How'd they find out they like fanfic, though? If you don't try new things (fanfic OR published fic) you won't know if you like them or not.

[(Anonymous)]

Some people who aren't really readers get into it because it's connected to something they already enjoy. Some people who enjoy reading only casually discover it and decide that they like it more than reading original work. Other ways too. It all depends on the person and their preference.