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gnine

O Mighty Flist (and beyond), I seek your assistance!

Jul 10, 2010 01:17

As you may or may not know, I’m currently working on my MA in Critical Media and Cultural Studies at University of London, SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies). For my thesis, I’m delving into the question of how culture, one’s own, as well as that of the source material one is fanning on, affects how fans identify and interact with said ( Read more... )

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calcitrix July 10 2010, 04:10:26 UTC

Hi there! Here via xparrotI'm American and watch about 2/3 American-produced shows with the occasional British sit-com and mostly anime making up the rest ( ... )

gnine July 10 2010, 23:05:40 UTC

Thanks so much for this, you'll probably hear more from me in the next week or so as I go through all the data I'm getting. Again, thank you for the help!

gnine August 26 2010, 20:52:45 UTC

So I know this is ridiculously after the fact (busy summer/additional research/the fact that I'm a horrible procrastinator and more all account for it) but if you have the time/inclination, I have a few follow-up/additional questions that would be a big help if you could answer ( ... )

calcitrix August 31 2010, 16:22:18 UTC

Hmmm...As for source material v. fannish practices--I think I'm more "into" the characters from western shows (Stargate, X-Files) than the anime that I watch, though that's possibly because I started watching anime only more recently. I know it's not because they are cartoon characters--I was very heavily invested in G.I. Joe for a while, which was my first great fandom. I haven't sought out vids for anime and haven't read a lot of fanfic (though I participated in the AU BB and chose a Bleach story). I think I am drawn to the genres for different reasons, so what I like in the fandom is different. I watch anime because the art style is wonderful and the fan art can be amazing...and the stories they tell are either so unreal/fantastic (Bleach, Naruto) or so plain goofy/odd (Ouran High School Host Club, Death Note) that it would never work with live actors. And I want the stories that the SHOW is telling me, because they are so amazing and wonderful--I don't need fix-its, fillers, AUs, and so on in the form of fanfic; I'm happy ( ... )

calcitrix August 31 2010, 19:30:28 UTC

Are you interested in/have any experience with/in slash/Boys Love/yaoi/ m/m etc.? If yes, do you notice a difference in how it is approached/explored depending on the source culture of the material? Examples/details appreciated.Ooh, definitely different approaches. Slash (as mentioned above) was introduced to me in SGA in McShep form. I would never have made the connection on the show without fan influence (if writing for myself, I'd have written gen, probably). But most of the appeal in the pairing is the fan following of the pair rather than the canon moments on the show. In fact, 99% of the appeal is the fans--the fic, the artwork, the manips, the vids. In the G.I. Joe fandom I read a total of ONE slash story just to see, and it truly had no appeal for me. It had all of the pitfalls and failings of "immature" slash (for lack of a better expression)--"gay for you/out of the blue," "first time," and "but then he realized he didn't have to be gentle like he would with a woman" were all there in this relatively short story and it ( ... )

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