Meta on how people read the meta of Origin Stories, not to mention the vid itself!
Ah yes. *grins widely*
Timing is everything.
Via metafandom: giandujakiss posted only yesterday about how untrue_account and giandujakiss's commentaries on their vid Origin Stories (see previous posts for vid review) had been mistaken by non-fannish folk as their "primary documents", while the vid itself was mistaken as supplementary material.
In her post Lost in Translation, she says:
"To many of us in fandom, fanart is fascinating in part because of its political implications. Many of us believe that the mere act of creation is political, to the extent that fanart reinterprets stories created within white male heterosexual corporate power structures for the purpose of adjusting those stories to cater to the preferences of people who don't have the same sort of access to those structures - women, and people who don't identify as heterosexual, and also people of color (although, as has often been observed, fandom has its problems with neglecting people of color). Now, I'm not saying that fandom has created a utopia of equality - we fans are a product of our society and bring the same prejudices to the table - but I, and others, believe fanart can shift the balance just a little bit."
She then links to several vids that perform this type of reinterpretation. I've recced one of them before, the Heroes vid Jack, or Adventures in Reading Against the Text, which is smart, sharp, and needs to be canon, like, NOW. I've also seen Women's Work, a Supernatural vid that never flinches from pointing out the misogyny inherent in that show's dead/victimised women.
I haven't seen the other vids yet, but I'm sure they're just as insightful.
(Interestingly, my Nikki icon? Not 2 years ago, after all. It was THREE years and 2 months ago. Wow, I sure had a lot to say, didn't I?)
ETA: Dude. Quoting this because it is made of so much win.
untrue_accounts: When people thought Jonathan Swift's modest proposal was serious, the problem wasn't with Swift; one or two people have clearly read "How to Suppress Discussions of Racism" as an unironic white supremacist text, and given the number of people who did get it, I don't think the text is irreperably flawed.
alixtii: It goes both ways, too--it takes an act of will for me not to read, say, Frank Miller as utilizing feminist irony, even though intellectually I know he so isn't.
giandujakiss: This might be the greatest thing anyone has ever said anywhere.
Timing is everything.
Via metafandom: giandujakiss posted only yesterday about how untrue_account and giandujakiss's commentaries on their vid Origin Stories (see previous posts for vid review) had been mistaken by non-fannish folk as their "primary documents", while the vid itself was mistaken as supplementary material.
In her post Lost in Translation, she says:
"To many of us in fandom, fanart is fascinating in part because of its political implications. Many of us believe that the mere act of creation is political, to the extent that fanart reinterprets stories created within white male heterosexual corporate power structures for the purpose of adjusting those stories to cater to the preferences of people who don't have the same sort of access to those structures - women, and people who don't identify as heterosexual, and also people of color (although, as has often been observed, fandom has its problems with neglecting people of color). Now, I'm not saying that fandom has created a utopia of equality - we fans are a product of our society and bring the same prejudices to the table - but I, and others, believe fanart can shift the balance just a little bit."
She then links to several vids that perform this type of reinterpretation. I've recced one of them before, the Heroes vid Jack, or Adventures in Reading Against the Text, which is smart, sharp, and needs to be canon, like, NOW. I've also seen Women's Work, a Supernatural vid that never flinches from pointing out the misogyny inherent in that show's dead/victimised women.
I haven't seen the other vids yet, but I'm sure they're just as insightful.
(Interestingly, my Nikki icon? Not 2 years ago, after all. It was THREE years and 2 months ago. Wow, I sure had a lot to say, didn't I?)
ETA: Dude. Quoting this because it is made of so much win.
untrue_accounts: When people thought Jonathan Swift's modest proposal was serious, the problem wasn't with Swift; one or two people have clearly read "How to Suppress Discussions of Racism" as an unironic white supremacist text, and given the number of people who did get it, I don't think the text is irreperably flawed.
alixtii: It goes both ways, too--it takes an act of will for me not to read, say, Frank Miller as utilizing feminist irony, even though intellectually I know he so isn't.
giandujakiss: This might be the greatest thing anyone has ever said anywhere.