Some Fandom Things! (Journal Article, Couple of Stories, Wiki Page, Tolkien in VT)

[dawn_felagund]

I have been busy with fandom stuff over the past month or so. Some of this stuff is going to be old news to the people who are reading here. But for everyone else, here's a month's worth of fannish things!

First of all, my paper Affirmational and Transformational Values and Practices in the Tolkien Fanfiction Community has been published in the

Comments

[marta_bee]

That's an interesting topic for the research article. I will say (not having anything other than my own experiences to go on, and having only a very rough idea of how those terms are likely being used), I do think you're on to something

[dawn_felagund]

*hugs back* Thank you. It was a rough holiday. We put him down on December 22, which colored a lot of traditions. Even today, I bumped into an acquaintance at the Dollar Tree and we were talking about dogs, and I said, "I have two Goldens," then had to walk it back. So my brain, in many ways, still expects him to be here, and it is still a shock when he is not

[elwenlj]

Thanks for sharing. I don't feel qualified to comment, other than to say that I believe that the reasons for writing fanfiction are as varied as the people who write it.

[shirebound]

Congratulations on the publication of your paper!