[ SECRET POST #2923 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2923 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Am I literally the only person on the internet who is disappointed by fanfiction most of the time and still prefers professionally published stuff?

'Cause it sure feels that way.

[(Anonymous)]

No, you're not. If for no other reason as the numbers that read (and buy) professionally published original work vs. the numbers that read fanfiction are worlds apart, despite what fandom would like you to think.

It's just edgy to shit on the very things fandoms are created out of, that's all.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm with you. I have actually given up on fanfic because it was too hard to find the good stuff amidst all the crap. But I still read a book a week on average.

[(Anonymous)]

nah, you're not.

i read fanfiction just for the slash (because where the fuck else am i going to find it), but it's harder and harder to get through because 99% of fanfiction is so completely mediocre. mediocre storytelling, writing, characters, you name it. and i do often read published works just so i can remember what it feels like when it is REALLY, really good.

[(Anonymous)]

Chiming in as another person who prefers published fiction.

I read fanfic, and some of it I really like. But I appreciate published fiction even more now because I've seen so much dross in the fanfic realm.

[(Anonymous)]

In my experience, when some people claim "better than canon/professional writing", they really mean "hit's all my kinks/interests/features my favorite character/pairing/etc." Most of the stories I've seen recommended as "better" have been just that.

This is not to say that there aren't some genuinely good fanfiction writers out there (and some professional books are pretty bad). But I think, at this point, it's more the exception than the rule.

[(Anonymous)]

true.

[(Anonymous)]

IA, and it's a little frustrating people can't tell the difference. Sometimes fanfic meets my needs in very specific ways because I want to read about X fandom or a very specific trope or situation. That doesn't make the fic better in terms of quality, but it's better suited to my needs at that moment.

But most of the time when I read, I'm not interested in romance or whether or not two character will bang, so I go for published fiction in the mystery, SF or fantasy genre.

[(Anonymous)]

To me it feels like such a completely different thing that I wouldn't even think to compare them. It would be like saying I like books better than music--they have different aesthetics, different functions, I use them in different ways/different times.

I appreciate when fanfic is genuinely well-written, but I find it satisfying in a totally different way than I do an original, professionally public work.

(I am, fwiw, willing to be way more arbitrary about what fanfic I read, in terms of auto-rejecting certain pairings, set-ups, tags, than I would be with non-fanworks. Although I guess if there were as many Omegaverse type things being published outside fandom I'd ignore them the same as I do in fandom.)

[(Anonymous)]

Nah. I find weeding through all the junk to find good fic takes too long, especially when I'm not fond of shippy plots. I also read a lot of non-fiction, so most of my reading is published work rather than fanfic.