Comments | sunhawk: you embarrass yourselves

sunhawk

you embarrass yourselves

Nov 03, 2010 12:58

Summed up best here: http://community.livejournal.com/sf_drama/3095660.html?style=mineBasically one of the larger Harry Potter fanfic archive decided to apply for a charity grant of $25,000 ( Read more... )

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tabbcat November 3 2010, 18:18:17 UTC

This is fucking ridiculous. LOL!

sunhawk November 3 2010, 19:04:17 UTC

It's extremely embarrassing to be even indirectly associated with such self-absorbed fans!

tabbcat November 3 2010, 22:56:17 UTC

Calling them self-absorbed is polite lol

sunhawk November 3 2010, 23:00:30 UTC

Ha ha what adjective would you use? *G*

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insomni_matt November 3 2010, 19:03:16 UTC

Sometimes I wonder if pop culture should run hand-in-hand with charity. Would it be possible to have The Harry Potter Foundation for Alzheimer's? If so, how great would it be if the fanbase for Harry Potter instead got involved in a charity for something other than itself?

sunhawk November 3 2010, 19:05:32 UTC

It does happen! When the Haiti earthquake happened, a number of fandoms did fundraising and I was involved in particular with the Star Trek fandom, we had a nice little rivalry going on with the Adam Lambert fandom which resulted in a sizeable donation! Fandom CAN be used for good when people decide to do so!

theo_harrison November 3 2010, 19:24:15 UTC

From what I can tell they're in the Arts section, so they're not actually competing with no-kill shelters or centres for abused women; however, they are competing with dance classes for kids with CP and arts classes/toys for disabled kids, musical instruments for underprivileged kids and so forth so they still need to be set on fire and then rolled in salt.

sunhawk November 3 2010, 20:12:33 UTC

Ah I forgot about the categories. It does still look terrible to be alongside all the other projects on the main pages *shudder*

jeliza November 3 2010, 22:37:36 UTC

And there isn't a "per-category" winner -- it's a straight top 10 from all categories, so yes, they are competing with every other $25K entry.

sunhawk November 3 2010, 23:01:02 UTC

I thought so but the categories thing confused me, thanks for clearing that up :)

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orangisque November 3 2010, 22:33:59 UTC

They thought that their FAWESOME site can get kids into Harry Potter and off the street, encourage them to get involved in the art of writing fanfics, join the hearts of all humankind and bring world peace.

...Yeah, does not compute.

sunhawk November 3 2010, 23:02:29 UTC

Other people are just plain OUT OF LUCK, too bad they aren't into Harry Potter!!

quiet000001 November 4 2010, 00:58:56 UTC

On the plus side, I went to check it out and discovered that my mom's type of cancer has a society looking for money. So hey, useful vote!

(Lymphoma and other Blood Cancers.)

sunhawk November 4 2010, 05:41:02 UTC

Nicely done! :) And I saw you also added a comment to the Pepsi page LOL

quiet000001 November 4 2010, 06:12:33 UTC

The thing is, I'm not even convinced that a fan-generated program wouldn't be an appropriate thing for such a grant program - it would depend entirely on the goal of the fans - but this business is giving such a bad name to everything because it's so obviously just grasping for money ( ... )

sunhawk November 4 2010, 07:16:20 UTC

I don't deny that fandom is a big motivator for a lot of people and I would be the first to say I've had a lot of excellent fandom experiences that came from being involved in fanfic. But the issue to me isn't that they applied for a grant, it's that they applied to a grant specifically designed to be awarded to people who come up with ideas that make the world a better place. If they'd applied for an art grant, it would be a different story, though I contend that the quasi-legal nature of fanfiction makes me uncomfortable even thinking about getting any money for any reason ( ... )