[ SECRET POST #255 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #255 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 06 pages, 148 secrets from Secret Submission Post #037.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, [ 1 2 ] not!secrets, [ 1 ] not!fandom, [ 1 ] personal attack.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 18th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[terrie.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure! It may be because VB fans are just TOO HIP for fandom ... fanart and cosplay are okay, I think, because they are visual and don't really involve a lot of thinking? Fanfiction requires you to actually accept and read a plot, so it is more commitment than just looking at a jpeg.

It also implies more commitment on the creator's part as well (speaking as a person who both writes and draws, writing takes a LOT more thought and preparation; visual works are universal, whereas when writing, you need to have a very good grasp on language or else it does not come across well. with art, it's always open to interpretation and, especially with fanart, is usually pretty straightforward anyway), which I am not sure a lot of VB fans are entirely comfortable with. Commitment to fanworks can scream FANGIRL (or fanboy), which, in the pop culture-savvy world of the VB fan, is not something desirous to associate with.

I wish it wasn't this way though, because it's like, me, my friends, and maybe three or four other people are the only ones writing in the entire fandom. NOT THAT I DON'T LOVE WHAT THEY PUT OUT, but I just would like more.