Tumblr crosspost (17 February 2020)
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anghrainefanhackers posted an excerpt from Henry Jenkins's Textual Poachers:
The fans’ response typically involves not simply facination or adoration but also frustration and antagonism, and it is the combination of the two responses which motivates their active engagement with the media. Because popular narratives often fail to satisfy, fans must struggle with them to try to articulate to themselves, and other unrealized possibilities within the original text. Because the texts continue to fascinate, fans cannot dismiss them from their attention but rather must try to find ways to salvage them for their interests.
I added:
It's so good! Also, did someone say Star Wars?
The fans’ response typically involves not simply facination or adoration but also frustration and antagonism, and it is the combination of the two responses which motivates their active engagement with the media. Because popular narratives often fail to satisfy, fans must struggle with them to try to articulate to themselves, and other unrealized possibilities within the original text. Because the texts continue to fascinate, fans cannot dismiss them from their attention but rather must try to find ways to salvage them for their interests.
I added:
It's so good! Also, did someone say Star Wars?