[ SECRET POST #3715 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3715 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, I guess if you don't want to care about the characters then it might not matter?

for example, in a hypothetical AU fanfic where character A is put in danger within the first chapter, I already carry with me an attachment to that character and an inherent sympathy for him because I've read/watched the original series, and the fanfic author knows and takes advantage of that attachment. but reading a fanfic for a series I don't follow that starts with character A being put in danger isn't going to affect me likely at all.

I don't disagree with you that fanfic is sort of its own genre, but that's precisely why I don't understand the appeal of reading fanfic for series I don't follow. it's like assembling a puzzle while missing at least 30-50% of the pieces.

[(Anonymous)]

for example, in a hypothetical AU fanfic where character A is put in danger within the first chapter, I already carry with me an attachment to that character and an inherent sympathy for him because I've read/watched the original series, and the fanfic author knows and takes advantage of that attachment. but reading a fanfic for a series I don't follow that starts with character A being put in danger isn't going to affect me likely at all.

It'll have a different kind of effect, to be sure. I don't think it's a barrier to people enjoying fanfic qua fanfic; it's just one of the characteristics of it as a genre. I mean, compare it to pulp, where you often have relatively paper-thin characterizations that people still find a way to care about.

I don't disagree with you that fanfic is sort of its own genre, but that's precisely why I don't understand the appeal of reading fanfic for series I don't follow. it's like assembling a puzzle while missing at least 30-50% of the pieces.

Well, the answer must be - and I think it is - that fanfic provides certain things, or does certain things, that other genres of fiction don't provide. My guess is it's something about the way that fanfic writes about relationships and emotion and intimacy, which often feels very distinct, and also the kinds of plot that fanfic tends to have, which while not good are often satisfying. But that's just a guess and I don't have a very well-defined idea of what it is.