Legitimize me, please.

[anarchicq]

I found an interesting comment here regarding Academic fandom and stuff like that.
"And how will academics rescue us from this...by writing positive articles from within fandom? They already are

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[devilindupriest]

Proff: ....But the writing is yours?

Ficcer: Oh, Yes!!!

Proff: But not the characters, plot or setting.

It's been known to work before.

[rantinan]

YOU A REPUTATION AS A PRUDE?

FUCKING WHAT?

*dies laughing*

[anarchicq]

*Chuckle*
I know, right?

They don't really know about NecroRaver.
Or Suicide.
Or ......Well, no, they know about Drow.

[rantinan]

'scide came to mind first, unsuprisingly

[amefuri]

I like to believe that some academic fans want to get the official seal of approval so they can make a living by being incredibly geeky.

[kippurbird]

... I write academic essays on fan fiction...?

[anarchicq]

Yes, that's fine. But you're not writing fanfiction and asking for it to be anything other than fanfiction.

[dinpik]

The Cassie Edwards incident reminds me once again that Romance writers are, after all, a group of intelligent, professional women (by and large), whose works are entirely legal. I haven't noticed an enormous amount of "respect" for Romance writers among the general public (or in fandom, for that matter).

Eyup.