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⌈ Secret Post #6364 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

You know, I wonder if it has to do with them growing up on fanfic. People acknowledge outright that they don't care much about the quality of a fic's writing so long as the story and tropes hit the spot for them. It wouldn't be surprising if that attitude carried over into fiction.

Come to think of it, some of the defense of Sarah J. Maas boils down to, "the writing itself doesn't matter." Readers aren't in it for the craft; they're in it for the sexy faeries.

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DA

"You know, I wonder if it has to do with them growing up on fanfic."

I feel like these are fightin' words.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Lol, I get it. And, look, I can't naysay fanfic -- I read it and I write it. But I do think that, when it's the main thing people read rather than a side dish, it can skew their preferences and expectations.

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AYRT

It can also depend on the fanfic. I know that the Daria fandom has had professional/semiprofessional authors in it throughout the decades, so there are fanfics with solid plotlines and dialogue that's true to the characters. Plus the fics do included non-Mary Sue original characters that are believable. If the fandom has a high enough proportion of authors who have significant writing skills, a diet heavy on fanfic may not skew preferences quite as much.

[(Anonymous)]

I think fanfic has a lot to do with it, yeah. For a lot of fanfic readers, the pairing and tropes are top priorities, and even if the writing is mediocre, it might still scratch a shippy itch for them. Which is probably why I'm underwhelmed because I've never been exclusively in fanfic for the ship/tropes, I also want a good story. It's just rare to find a total package.

[(Anonymous)]

I wish Tiktok would promote fanfic instead. I'm not paying for tropey books, but...

[(Anonymous)]

TBH I would pay for tropey books if they were tropes I liked and they were f/f.

DA

[(Anonymous)]

I guess I wouldn’t be surprised if fanfic was part of it for some of them, but I know some of these people and they’ve never even heard of fanfic. They also have never read anything outside of school except maybe Harry Potter. Reading for pleasure is a recent discovery for them and everything is shiny and new and perfect.