Just a thought
Concerning recent conversations about fanfics being conversational gambits rather than works of art set out for the masses to enjoy. The concept has merit, I think, but then it seems to beg the question of what kind of conversation is intended.
Would it be one of those slightly excruciating encounters between groups of near strangers, everyone working to be wittier than the next man? When the big names are involved, are they like posh people talking very loudly on trains, being sure to let the whole carriage eavesdrop on their words of wisdom? Is there water cooler fic? Are some writers the equivalent of that guy who always used to come into class and recite the latest Monty Python sketches verbatim?
On the whole maybe it’s better to maintain the fiction that fic=fiction. A sort of fandom Noble Lie.
Would it be one of those slightly excruciating encounters between groups of near strangers, everyone working to be wittier than the next man? When the big names are involved, are they like posh people talking very loudly on trains, being sure to let the whole carriage eavesdrop on their words of wisdom? Is there water cooler fic? Are some writers the equivalent of that guy who always used to come into class and recite the latest Monty Python sketches verbatim?
On the whole maybe it’s better to maintain the fiction that fic=fiction. A sort of fandom Noble Lie.
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