Tumblr crosspost (26 November 2020)

[anghraine]

I reblogged a post from turnaboutprince saying that most fanfiction discourse could be avoided if people read better (professionally published) books and better fanfiction, because generalizations about both mostly reflect unfamiliarity with high-quality work of both types. I added:

#tbh yes #'how could you think boring repetitive smut compares with Real Books for Real Readers' is like ... what fanfics are you even reading #and yeah the 'fanfic is the only way to find this material' (esp when fanfic is deeply indebted to published genres) is also '...'