[ SECRET POST #2623 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #2623 ⌋

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

01.


__________________________________________________



02.


__________________________________________________



03.


__________________________________________________



04.


__________________________________________________



05.


__________________________________________________



06.


__________________________________________________



07.


__________________________________________________



08.


__________________________________________________



09.


__________________________________________________



10.


__________________________________________________



11.


__________________________________________________
















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 064 secrets from Secret Submission Post #375.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[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.