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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2016-02-03 06:57 pm

[ SECRET POST #3318 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3318 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2016-02-04 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
That seems to be the common response whenever people object to the idea of research. I understand the dilemma, but it supposed that people aren't capable of looking at the website they found and making a judgment call. Is it some random person's blog with no cites? Or is it the actual text of a hosuehold guide from the 1880s? It's not impossible for the average person to figure out that an article from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is probably legit enough for fanfic research.

At some point, every author has to decide whether they should just make stuff up or trying doing a minimal amount of research, but I'm not really convinced that your argument ("But there might be dodgy sources out there!") convinces me not that Googling is a bad idea that ought not to be attempted.