Anti Fanfiction - Tumblr Posts

I mean, fanfiction can be fun and shit, but it is not...high art or whatever youre all making it out to be. it’s a form of consumption that takes death of the author to the worst degree, lacks meaningful depth or analysis, and is entirely predicated on breaking down a piece of media into a a handful or easily digestible tropes/ao3 tags. being a fanfic writer is not a job, it is a hobby. being a fanfic writer is not being a struggling artist. fan fiction is derivative and lacks originality. it is a way of engaging in fandom. it is not a replacement for published works, for original fiction, or for real literature. for people saying the premise of recycling or taking inspiration from preexisting works has always been around in literature, yes, it has. however, classics of the written word are not fanfiction. the slop churned out by teens and twenty-somethings, or, god forbid, full-grown adults with children, on ff.net or ao3 is not comparable to the divine comedy, or shakespeare! like. the nerve of some people to even suggest that...

no cause i literally hate reader insert so much...like i understand the appeal academically but it's so icky and disgusting why the fuck would u want to read that shit!! it triggers my gag reflex. like if u wanted to write reader insert wish fulfillment as some op shounen protag i would eat that shit up but noooo yall just want to be nasty and pretend ur fucking some white man