#protip: If a guy ever tells you #fanfiction is stupid, ask him how many #Skyrim mods he has installed
@DialMforMara It's not like something being fanfiction prevents it from being good. It just makes it legally complicated.
I mean god, who knows how many authors started out writing fanfiction. I know Cassandra Clare did (though I haven't read her stuff, but people seem to like it), to the point where she like, formed the fandom image of Draco is my understanding. (I don't follow HP, I know this stuff against my will).
I don't write ff, but isn't it more a gateway drug to publishable works?
@DialMforMara If you want to be Edgy, like I was when I was a teenager, what about the Aeneid? What about Wide Sargasso Sea? I know a lot of men would argue the former is good. dunno if they've heard of the latter.
Seriously though. Is it only fanfiction when it's not publishable? Or when you're trying to make a point? Because look at uh, 50 shades. that's a fic with the names changed. (I'm not getting into any issues about it here). I bet a lot of people don't know that though.
@lapis it's only fanfiction when it's written by girls, is the impression I get
@JordiGH @DialMforMara It blows your mind when you think about it, but yeah, girls everywhere.
@lapis @DialMforMara Wait, really? Fan fiction is mostly written by girls?
Whoa whoa whoa, whaaat?
@JordiGH @DialMforMara I might be wrong, but the prominent authors are female, and I would say if you were to guess the gender of the author of most fanfiction, you'd usually guess "girl". I don't know why. Guys do produce fanworks, but from what I've noticed, they're not prominent in fanfiction. Do not cite me as a source though, this is just my perception.
@DialMforMara Ah! The heart of the problem. derivative works are a-OK when not a girl!
@lapis @DialMforMara or if it's not about a Nintendo franchise
@DialMforMara @lapis Huh, I never realised fanfiction was a gendered phenomenon.