[ SECRET POST #2578 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2578 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Serious question, why can't fanfic be better than "actual real original literature"? All it's missing is the "original" part, and originality is overrated. I've read fanfiction that blew me away and classic literature that left me flat. It's not like getting paid to write automatically makes the writing better or something.

[intrigueing]

I suppose it's just that fanfic is niche, and its meaning is not applicable to broad audiences and a large variety of people, and as the purpose of literature is communicative, that definitely makes fanfic less "great" from a literary standpoint, even though there are some fanfics that are better-written than some classics.

This is purely descriptive though, there's no rule that says fanfic has to be niche, or that all fanfics will always be niche. After all, a huge amount of fairy tales, legends, plays, and general pre-copyright law writings that are considered great now are basically fanfic. Virgil's Aeneid may be the example that's most similar to modern fanfic in terms of form. :)

[inevitableentresol]

Considering how many literary classics were banned in their time, I think being niche is nothing new.

A product that's designed to be attractive to a broad audience is usually a mess of compromised choices, don't you find? If the result isn't bad, it's usually at least schlocky. Not always, just usually. It seeks to not offend.

Of course, great art can come from compromise and (self) censorship (I'm thinking of some classic Hayes-code era movies), but it usually doesn't.

For me, fanfic being niche is a plus.