I'm done explaining why fanfic is okay.

[bookshop]

Edit, October 2013: here's the rebloggable version of this post on Tumblr. You have open permission to link/cite/reblog this post. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this post and shared suggestions and corrections. Thank you all, and thanks everyone for reading! Edit, March 20, 2012: This post has been updated with new additions to the

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[dramatae]

Thank you so much for this post - I was linked to it when the whole Gabaldon thing originally blew up, but I'm not actually sure if I commented then or not

[bookshop]

Wow. Wow. That is so fucking amazing. And SO OVERDUE, and just. yes yes yes. thank you so much for sharing this with me. (My edits to this post are also overdue, but when they are current, you can bet this is going in with the rest.)

Thanks again! (And good luck with Nano!)

[bookshop]

Yay! It's taking forever but I've finally got around to adding it. (I really hope this post isn't going to be over the character limit when I'm finally done with it, haha!)