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⌈ Secret Post #381 ⌋

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Nah, I just like to think of it as enjoying literature in a different form. Granted, it's not as acclaimed or 'accepted' as literature, but then again... I dunno. Ever since I heard that in the old days, writers would get paid by the word or the page or whatever, I kind of lost my respect for some classic literature. Although, after reading a bit of Dumas, it makes so much sense.

I've had so many conversations defending the merits of fanfiction that I'm getting ground down and starting to think that maybe it really is on the bottom rung of literature. It's so much worse in school where you have these horribly academic discussions of what even qualifies as 'literature'.

Sometimes I think that people just put classic literature on a pedestal because that's what they were taught/it's old so it must be good (of course, usually it is actually good, but I'm seriously having my doubts right now about Henry James. Yes, writing in a completely incomprehensible manner makes your work literary, I see now!)

It really is viewed as the bottom rung, sadly. Even the anime medium itself is viewed as lower-class in terms of animation in general--voice actors get paid the lowest amount for ADR within anime, much of it is done non-union, and there are even a couple producers/directors in animation who won't hire actors who have worked in anime. It sucks. =/ EDIT Although, I found out that there is such a thing as a professional fanfiction author--scriptwriters for television shows. Someone was actually really interested in the fact that I wrote fanfiction for that reason... so maybe there's still hope./EDIT

But yeah, personally, I think literature is just... good writing. If it captures emotions well enough and captivates an audience, it's good enough for me. Personally, I think fanfiction does better in terms of capturing character traits than a lot of books that I've read, which is more important to me than an 'omgamazing story'.

They really, really do. Granted, there are some classic literature pieces that are pretty good because of the issues they touch on, but sometimes that's the only thing going for them. If I can write better than they can, well... we've got a bit of a problem, don't we?

Edited 2008-01-22 03:15 (UTC)

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