Tumblr crosspost (24 September 2020)

[anghraine]

I get that fandom can be annoying and worse than annoying, but … tbh I have yet to encounter a remotely convincing argument as to why fanfic is intrinsically Not Literature.

Tagged: #i am up to my ears in early modern lit right now and while i wouldn't personally term all derivative literature 'fanfic' #bc i think the term is more specific #a LOT of the time when people say fanfic what they mean is 'anything that reuses pre-existing stories/characters for any reason' #apart from direct adaptations #and when they're arguing about why fanfic is not Real Literature the derivative quality is /why/ it isn't Real Literature #'i'm not saying that can't be good ... i'm just saying it can't be THAT good' mmhmm #and then if you point out that a lot of things generally considered That Good share that same quality #hdu compare yourself with the greats! point proved!!!! #the whole rationale just seems totally incoherent and arbitrary to me #bonus points for 'i can't say why it's different from early modern reinterpretations it just is'