[ SECRET POST #2279 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2279 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[lunabee34]

I think the problem with some fandom classics is that they're really tied to a specific moment in fandom--what was happening in the fannish zeitgeist, the kinds of stories that everyone *else* was writing at the time, the tropes that people were using most and least often, the fanon that was popular, the amount of canon that was available. A lot of time, you see these stories recced over and over again by people who were there in that moment and for whom that fic really resonates, but that same story doesn't carry the same resonance for fans who weren't in the fandom (or that corner of the fandom) when the story was written.

For me, there are really only a handful of classic stories in any of my fandoms that transcend this problem.

This!

[(Anonymous)]

I totally agree with this - most fic classics that I see seem to be the first lengthy fic to deal with a certain trope - usually fixing a plot point or the show's ending - and then it gets recced everywhere as 'the' fic that defines the fandom's feelings at that particular time. Unfortunately, when you read it out of that context a lot of the times the fic just doesn't do justice to the concept or is not particularly well written, but it keeps on getting recced again and again because of nostalgia.

Sorry to rehash everything you said, but I totally agree a lot.

Re: This!

[lunabee34]

*nods nods*

Also, the first of something often seems like a huge cliche when you've been reading fics that are examples of how that trope or what-have-you has evolved.

I also agree with you that length is a huge factor, especially in fandoms that don't have a lot of long fics.

[littlestbirds]

ah, you explained this so well! It's part of the reason that fandom writing often doesn't hold up very well outside the community, or outside of that particular moment even, and why there's nothing wrong with that... The fandom zeitgeist and how a story incorporates current discussions in fandom, or particular problems in the current storyline, is one of the best parts of fic!

I've been reading my way through 4 years of Dean/Castiel fic over the past few months so this has been heavy on my mind, as you can imagine...

[lunabee34]

Aww, thanks. :)

It's really apparent when you're doing a re-read like that, isn't it? I've been re-reading SGA fic since we just rewatched the series with my daughter. It's interesting seeing which fics hold up the best over time and which dont'.