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[raisedbymoogles]

First thing that gets shoved in my face when I log in to LJ today: "Is fanfiction the lazy way out?"

No. No it is not. Fuck you, LJ.

Comments

[niyazi_a]

I've lately taken the medievalists' view on this. Medieval lit is ALL fanfiction, of sorts. If you had to make something up, it was a sign you were too stupid and poorly educated to know the 'good' stories. So we have all these stories crop up about King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. ALL of it is fanfiction. ALL. I feel in pretty damn good company with Malory and Chretien, then.

[raisedbymoogles]

...Ooh, I like that.

[seiberwing]

Midrash.

The rabbis of old used to make up midrashim, stories to explain things that happened in the Torah, many of which get confused with actual canon due to how well know they became. The rabbis were the first fanboys.

[raisedbymoogles]

*-giggles* *picturing rabbis collecting action figures now*

[femme4jack]

This!!! X10

*looks below and sees the Midrash comment* This too! *cheers on*