I should direct you to this Red Dwarf discussion site - its a semi-official, but not really, site that's pretty visible and known to fans and TPTB. You should see the derision a few of those guys (not TPTB so far as I know, just fans) have for the slash- writing fangirls in the fandom, even though as far as I know we've never gotten snide on their discussions, in our LJ area. I'll wager there isn't one of them who would see any of our best fics as superior to the worst of the show's episodes.
And, that's okay - because our space is our space and we don't try to push it at the creators or actors or crew or suchlike. I've been doing fanfic for 20 years, and it's never been about being noticed in relation to the canon writers; it's for fun. And when I do something for fun and for free, I really don't want to hear scorn from fans who think I'm doing it to best the creator or messing negatively with the material. The less mainstream notice I get for fanfic, the more fun it stays. I don't know how to make that sound logical, it just IS to me, and IMO.
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And, that's okay - because our space is our space and we don't try to push it at the creators or actors or crew or suchlike. I've been doing fanfic for 20 years, and it's never been about being noticed in relation to the canon writers; it's for fun. And when I do something for fun and for free, I really don't want to hear scorn from fans who think I'm doing it to best the creator or messing negatively with the material. The less mainstream notice I get for fanfic, the more fun it stays. I don't know how to make that sound logical, it just IS to me, and IMO.