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stripedstarsblueflags · 3 months ago

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Fanfiction is not an industry.

There are no publishing houses, professional editors, algorithms, distribution managers, talent agents, or, in almost all cases, profit.

Fanfiction is the result of hardworking creative individuals choosing to share their passions and imaginations with no tangible benefit to themselves.

Fanfiction is not, and never has been, an industry.

#this refers to a post complaining about the decline in quality of fics recently #did you hear me? a decline in fanfic quality #what about fanfiction says quality control?#it’s an anemic college student with a laptop and seven procrastinated assignments #it’s a thirty year old cat mom who misses the dreams and possibilities of the books she read when she was seventeen #it’s a guy on his notes app at three in the morning who couldn’t bear to wait until a reasonable hour #it’s amateur unconditional creation that runs on passion love and self-projection #fanfiction is a gift from creators to fans #if you don’t like what you read write something better #it is the responsibility of the reader to find fic that they enjoy and will go back to #there is no algorithm to baby you through it #fanfiction #fic writers #writers on tumblr #ao3 #we don’t have to write for anybody else if we don’t want to we don’t even have to write at all #hot take #lukewarm take

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