[ SECRET POST #3259 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3259 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Opinions people judge you for

[dreemyweird]

I don't judge them, but I do assume that they have emotional problems of some sort. This is usually an escapist move.

Re: Opinions people judge you for

[(Anonymous)]

How is that any more escapist than reading nothing but regular novels, or comic books?

Re: Opinions people judge you for

[dreemyweird]

Fanfiction is a very self-indulgent thing (which is by no means bad, mind). Much more self-indulgent than most published stuff. One can easily find exactly the thing that caters to their id and contains no topics that might upset them, and that's exactly what the vast majority of fans use fanfic for.

To be fair, I'd probably think the same thing about someone who reads nothing but cheap published romance. Either they're running away from something or they're so tired out by their RL that they need to read lots of self-indulgent nonsense to relax.

Re: Opinions people judge you for

[(Anonymous)]

I completely agree with this, and I do read a lot of fanfic (as well as a lot of other stuff). But I'm very aware, when I'm reading fic, that it's a self-comforting behavior. It's not only self-comfort, it's also entertainment, but I think what makes it so potent is definitely the id factor.

Re: Opinions people judge you for

[(Anonymous)]

SA

I do realize that some people are very busy and just don't have much time or energy to read a lot, though. Like, if you have a lot of free time and still all you read is fanfic, that's one thing. But if you work your ass off every day and you choose to spend the limited free time you do have reading fanfic, that's different.

Basically, if you have room for three "helpings" of reading in your life for a given amount of time, and you always choose three helpings of fanfic, then that's where I agree with dreemyweird about emotional problems being a factor. Whereas if you only have room for one helping of reading in your life, and you choose fanfic - well, yeah, why wouldn't you really?

Re: Opinions people judge you for

[(Anonymous)]

I can see your point with comics, but fandom is much more of a subculture than "people who read novels".

Re: Opinions people judge you for

[(Anonymous)]

You're judging them.