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.
Of course not. Having said that, I will point out that you've written some damn fine stuff and it should be recognized as such. Just because it's fun doesn't mean that it's not GOOD. I'm rather rabid on the subject of this derision of fanfiction. Like it's cheap and we should just dismiss it because it's not "original."
It's different when talking about an older show. But current media recognizes fandom as a driving force. Witness SPN, and the latest Sherlock has several shoutouts to fandom. The days when it was all hush-hush and secret are over. Media sees fandom as a sales tool. All these conventions (like ComicCon and DragonCon) are feeding into this recognition as fandom as something to cultivate. Of course, it's also about the money, but hey.
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.
Fuck their homophobic asses. Seriously. Their material is better because it's het; it's more *valid* beause its het? Do we really need to visit that sad, pathetic delusion? Is there a single post-DMC het story that is epic? That will be referred to again and again by rec sites, etc. Not one.
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Of course not. Having said that, I will point out that you've written some damn fine stuff and it should be recognized as such. Just because it's fun doesn't mean that it's not GOOD. I'm rather rabid on the subject of this derision of fanfiction. Like it's cheap and we should just dismiss it because it's not "original."
It's different when talking about an older show. But current media recognizes fandom as a driving force. Witness SPN, and the latest Sherlock has several shoutouts to fandom. The days when it was all hush-hush and secret are over. Media sees fandom as a sales tool. All these conventions (like ComicCon and DragonCon) are feeding into this recognition as fandom as something to cultivate. Of course, it's also about the money, but hey.
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.
Fuck their homophobic asses. Seriously. Their material is better because it's het; it's more *valid* beause its het? Do we really need to visit that sad, pathetic delusion? Is there a single post-DMC het story that is epic? That will be referred to again and again by rec sites, etc. Not one.