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F!S Anon Meme (the ??th)

Secrets, rants, opinions, anything you want to say about your fandom or a fandom or fandom in general, do it here! Anonymously, of course. Get it all off your chest.

Some ground rules:
1. Going anon is encouraged but not absolutely required (for those who struggle with recaptchas and stuff).
2. No autoplaying/autolooping embeds, or embeds that cover/stretch the screen.
3. No dropping personal info or IRL contact info, etc.

That's about it, though!

(Today's post is below.)

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Guilty pleasures in fandom

[(Anonymous)]

I'll never admit this to anyone non-anon because "ew creepy" etc. but, I like RPF.

I'm not entirely sure why I like it. I suppose I just find it fascinating. I'm always interested in behind-the-scenes stuff (I will watch all the blooper reels, interviews, DVD extras, absorb all the trivia whenever I get obsessed with something new) and the kind of RPF I like is about actors behind the scenes of whatever TV show or movie or whatever. In the same way I read genfic for more of what I liked in canon, I read RPF for fun speculations about what might have gone on behind the scenes.

I don't delude myself into thinking any of it is real. I don't see how its any different to films and novels based on the lives of historical figures, etc.

Re: Guilty pleasures in fandom

[(Anonymous)]

I like it, too. Or at least I would if it was written about some of the super obscure people I wish it was.

Re: Guilty pleasures in fandom

[(Anonymous)]

In public I hate RPF. In private I've written some. I would read more RPF if it were about people I were interested in.

The main reason I don't admit to liking RPF in public is that I disapprove of the methods used to research for fanfics and I don't want to be associated with it. Pap photos and the like. Twitter sightings. It's unethical and intrusive.

So in short, I'm fine with RPF if the fics are locked to private or friends only (because it's fictional, but you gotta think of the families). But I hate the ways RPF ficcers rely on the gutter press for fic details. You might as well pay a stalker to harrass your favourite celebrity.

Re: Guilty pleasures in fandom

[(Anonymous)]

I started my fandom "career" with RPF fic about people in bands. I didn't realize that most people found it creepy until much later on. I still don't. The band members have stage personas that are akin to fictional characters...no one I interacted with in those fandoms was getting it confused with real life. Some of the best AU stuff I've ever read, and some of the best fic writing period has been RPF.