Fan writing is definitely a social milieu; I agree on that. But I'm not sure where there's a dichotomy there. I take my writing very seriously, but it's definitely a social activity to share and post it, and to talk about it. There are some excellent conversations that come up in the comments threads, and they seem a little more sociable than some of the OMG!!!111MOREZEES!!!!11!! comments that badfic tends to get. I love it best when they're whole philosophical discussions about whether a character is right or wrong to do something, etc. That's pretty much the way I talk about things with my friends... isn't that social?
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Fan writing is definitely a social milieu; I agree on that. But I'm not sure where there's a dichotomy there. I take my writing very seriously, but it's definitely a social activity to share and post it, and to talk about it. There are some excellent conversations that come up in the comments threads, and they seem a little more sociable than some of the OMG!!!111MOREZEES!!!!11!! comments that badfic tends to get. I love it best when they're whole philosophical discussions about whether a character is right or wrong to do something, etc. That's pretty much the way I talk about things with my friends... isn't that social?