[ SECRET POST #2272 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2272 ⌋

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Comments

...fanart is more socially acceptable than fanfic?

[nyxelestia]

I know this is probably a troll and all, but I can't help but get stuck on that point.

In my experience, fanfic and fanart are equally socially (un)acceptable. About 90% of the time you refuse to admit you have any part in it and the other 10% (once you find those fandom friends, or at least friends who don't find fandom too weird to hear about) you gush incessantly about it just because you can. :P

Re: ...fanart is more socially acceptable than fanfic?

[(Anonymous)]

Kind of varies on the subject and style in my experience. I'd doodle fanart-y animal things in either an anime-y or realistic style at school. When I went with realism people would usually guess actual animals and I didn't bother correcting them. More anime-y I might get "Oh is that a Pikachu?" and would usually have a pleasant conversation about it. I'm sure there were some judgy mcjudger pants who were like "Eww, is that person drawing cutesy anime animals? That's just awful and wrong or something!" but I never really had an issue upfront about it. For the most part people were impressed I drew stuff and would ask me if I could draw such and such.

Re: ...fanart is more socially acceptable than fanfic?

[truxillogical]

Nah, as someone who does both, fanart is definitely more socially acceptable.

I was in high school during the early aughts in the middle of the anime boom. If even just a regular non-nerd saw you drawing Goku, it was "cool." Beyond that, if you drew at all, most people just thought that it was cool that you could draw, because "I can't even draw a stick figure!" (By the time we're in our 20's, every artist is so tired of this phrase that we spontaneously turn into Art Student Owl every time it's uttered.) Now, if you're drawing some steamy yaoi or something that's perceived as strange in and of itself, then you might get some weird looks, but if you're just turning out a pretty cool picture of Batman or a character from a hit TV show or something that average people may or may not recognize, then nah. You're drawing, that's so cool, draw me!

Writing fanfic is still perceived as...strange. Over-invested. Possibly sexually deviant, if the person judging has gleaned the slightest bit about what most fanfic is about. But while Average Joe On The Street may think it's pretty cool to sit and watch someone draw a nifty picture of Iron Man, they probably are going to feel really uncomfortable if you start telling them about this really great Bruce/Tony fic you're in the middle of writing.


On a professional level, fanart is something that is considered acceptable to sell at conventions, while fanfic can get a little more dicey. There are a lot of reasons for that, both legal and practical, but that's the way it is.