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anghraine · 2 years

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Huh, I see a lot of lit-fic fans insisting that the stereotype of lit-fic as "college prof/writer having affairs and people being miserable in a stylistic way" is just a defensive genre fan take that took off.

I wouldn't know, myself, because nearly all my literary reading these days is in the periods I study, ending at around 1815. But my best friend is getting an MFA in creative writing and damn if every lit piece he gets assigned isn't "people being miserable in a stylistic way, especially writers having affairs."

This may not be representative of modern lit fic as a whole! Like I said, I wouldn't know. But the idea that the stereotype is completely manufactured by defensive genre fans seems ... maybe not quite fair.

#the ricochet from 'there's no bias against genre writers or fans any more you just like feeling persecuted'#to 'you're inventing unfair stereotypes of lit-fic because you don't want to challenge yourself #with important deep things instead of the trash you read' is ... hmm. certainly an intriguing kind of whiplash.#anghraine babbles #general fanwank #for lack of a better tag!#sff blogging #since i don't have a lit fic tag for obvious reasons

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