[ SECRET POST #2623 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2623 ⌋

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

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Comments

[mautradutor]

Yes, make a good point. I think part of the reason that saw so that it stands now is why fanfic is so ubiquitous online and there is so much of it is bad. When we think of fanfic, we think the crack and obscenity and wildly OOC stuff. And then think, "why on Earth anyone would want to publish that?"

[truxillogical]

Honestly, I think part of the appeal of fanfic is that it often exists in a way that regular published fiction really can't. It relies on its audiences...forgiveness, for lack of a better word, I suppose. We're more willing to suspend our disbelief and read "one day character X woke up as an octopus!" in a fanfic. A fanfic doesn't even need to have a plot beyond character interaction if it's that kind of fic--any complicated plot details we would expect from a published story can be glossed over because that's not why we're reading it. You can set fic up in formats that most editors would cry a little bit over.

It seems like it's almost its own medium, rather than just "prose, but for free."

[mautradutor]

Hmm. Yes, it is a good point. Fanfic is largely about wish fulfillment and having fun, and in the pursuit of those ends, it is anarchic in a way that is glorious but it does not work for published fiction.

I think you're right in that it is a separate medium, with its own set of standards. So it can be jarring to see it out in a different context.