ext_17151 ([identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] lirazel 2013-05-24 02:18 pm (UTC)

Yes, yes. What makes fanfiction so extraordinary is that it DOESN'T have limits, it isn't controlled by corporations, it's entirely a gift culture, mostly dominated by women, many of whom are queer. By putting it in a corporate context, it destroys all the things that make fanfiction so valuable to so many of us. I'm not saying other people shouldn't take advantage of this--they obviously can if they want to. But it isn't fanfiction in the communal sense once rules and money start coming into play. It's something else altogether.

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