I love, love, love the recognition that fandom is a force to be reckoned with, beyond just batshit insane wank/kerfluffles. And even if I am a wee churchmouse in the fannish wilderness it's a strange and wonderful thing to be part of. Absolutely!
I have conflicted feelings about OTW. Because on the one hand, they do some great things with preserving fandom history and being a huge participant in projects that keep important fanworks from disappearing. Which is sheer, unadulterated awesome.
On the other hand, I think maybe they're pushing for too much, with wanting it to be embraced by society at large. I think fandom thrives on neglect. It's kind of like during the whole Harry Potter Lexicon Kerfuffle: all the fans wanted JKR to win. Because if she lost, then everyone would crack down on us, which is a scary, scary thought. So in some ways I'm just fine with us all hiding over here in our little bitty corner and writing our fic and making our art and wanking away and having fun.
But yeah, it does some great things. I haven't read their academic journal, but I totally want to. Fandom is definitely an area that should be studied more!
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I love, love, love the recognition that fandom is a force to be reckoned with, beyond just batshit insane wank/kerfluffles. And even if I am a wee churchmouse in the fannish wilderness it's a strange and wonderful thing to be part of. Absolutely!
I have conflicted feelings about OTW. Because on the one hand, they do some great things with preserving fandom history and being a huge participant in projects that keep important fanworks from disappearing. Which is sheer, unadulterated awesome.
On the other hand, I think maybe they're pushing for too much, with wanting it to be embraced by society at large. I think fandom thrives on neglect. It's kind of like during the whole Harry Potter Lexicon Kerfuffle: all the fans wanted JKR to win. Because if she lost, then everyone would crack down on us, which is a scary, scary thought. So in some ways I'm just fine with us all hiding over here in our little bitty corner and writing our fic and making our art and wanking away and having fun.
But yeah, it does some great things. I haven't read their academic journal, but I totally want to. Fandom is definitely an area that should be studied more!