While catching up with bimo's LJ:
This started as an innocent reply to this post in a discussion starting with this post, but it sort of grew into proper meta and got a bit long, so I'm posting it here:
( meta discussion about the legitimacy of paying serious attention to products of 'low' cultural value, which then turns into a discussion of reasons why I connect so strongly with said products )
( meta discussion about the legitimacy of paying serious attention to products of 'low' cultural value, which then turns into a discussion of reasons why I connect so strongly with said products )
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I become a fan when I find something in a source that *resonates*, and resonates *deeply*.
Exactly. And often the source texts that resonate the deepest - enough for me to want to write fanfic - are the more flawed of all the texts I admire.
Which might go back to your discussion of the recognized "great" texts and how they're closed. Maybe they're closed because they feel complete to us - I feel this way about "Firefly" - I love it to pieces but despite its truncated life it feels like a complete world, and somehow I don't feel the need to add to it.
Whereas with Highlander and Miami Vice, there can be major issues in the text, major flaws, but I have endless ideas and impulses to add to the world. Maybe to try to "complete" it in my own way.
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