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[fox1013]

I'm still getting caught up on the epic fail of a J2 fic using the Haiti tragedy as backgroundI want to say smart things, like detailing the many ways in which it is unfortunate or the many ways in which I'm super-proud of fandom and its reaction for once, but everything I could possibly say has already been said better than I could do it.

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[juliedarling]

I've previously discussed the idea of fan fiction as a type of textual engagement: the fusion of literary criticism and fiction-writing. Whether you want to call it lit crit or not, being in fandom is all about questioning the text. It's finding things that aren't in the source text and putting them there, or making big things smaller and small things bigger, or looking at how the text IS and figuring out how the text SHOULD BE.

I have a bookish RL friend who loves to rib me about my fic reading habits, and I'm always arguing to her that fic is actually fascinating from an academic perspective, because even bad fic offers insight into the reader's relationship with the source text, and when you pull back and look at fandom-wide patterns that repeat over and over again, it gets downright riveting. My friend is a big fan of reinterpretive novels like Grendel, Wide Sargasso Sea, Wicked, etc., so I keep pitching to her that a lot of fanfic is doing essentially the same thing--reinterpreting the source material through these different

[fox1013]

OF COURSE I'M COMIC-CONNING.

And of course we'll talk about this! I love talking about this.

HI JULIE I MISS YOU. DID YOU KNOW IT'S JUST THREE WEEKS TIL BB12?

[juliedarling]

THREE WEEKS OMG. \o/

Is it time to order the Reloader yet?

I MISS YOU TOO! 153 back. xo

ETA: GASP AMY LOOK IT IS GONE. D:

[fox1013]

DID YOU NOT HEAR ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE FEEDS THIS YEAR? IT'S NOT THROUGH REALPLAYER ANYMOAR. IT'S ALL ON A WEBSITE.

I AM VERY CONFUSED ABOUT HOW THIS WILL WORK.