What is this I'm not good at internet
So, Amazon wants to get its greedy little fingers in the fanfic business, eh?
I have a lot of thoughts on this. Angry thoughts, to be completely honest. I’ll try to limit my use of capslock, but no promises.
I love the lack of capitalism in the creation of fanworks. It’s extremely important to me. We do it for ourselves, for each other. It is a free exchange of ideas and talents, done out of pure love and desire to create. FUCK YOU for trying to take that away from us.
I get it! Corporations just HATE that this huge, popular thing exists and they can’t figure out how to make money off it. So publishing companies scour archives for the next 50 Shades of Grey, trying to find anything that can have the ‘serial numbers’ filed off enough so that it can be resold as an original work.
They want to take something freely available, deny public access to it, then make people pay for the privilege of reading it. Isn’t capitalism beautiful?
I’m not saying that writers wanting to be paid for their work is inherently bad. Of course not! I have bookshelves full of books I paid money for. But people offering up their talents without requiring an exchange of goods in return is something I find truly beautiful. It goes against the grain of society, which teaches us ‘nothing’s ever free.’
Fandom is a small village, sitting around a campfire telling stories to each other. Anyone can sit and listen, anyone can contribute. You don’t need to pay to sit and listen – what a horrible shame it would be if someone built a fence, controlled the gate, held out their hand and denied you entry to the campfire if you didn’t have the cash in your pocket.
That is not what fanfic is about. It’s beautiful as is. Let’s not ever forget that.
AMEN TO THAT.
Also, fanfic allows people to write things that publishers don’t consider “marketable.” It allows us to write about gay action, about silly alternate universes, and many other things. It allows people to mix genres and explore tropes and all in a way that wouldn’t really be considered profitable. It’s not regulated, it’s not published, it’s just put out there for anyone to read. Fanfiction is one of the purest forms of writing, I think, because, by it’s nature, it’s not about making money, for you, or for a publishing company. It’s not about who will buy this. It’s about making something you enjoy and hoping someone else will enjoy it too.
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(no one could steer me right, but mama tried.)
Plot twist: The next companion is a normal girl/boy who only dies once in their lifetime and has no remarkable back story but he thinks they’re wonderful because they are human and the Doctor needs reminding that you don’t need to be a mystery to be remarkable.
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gemma doyle trilogy
“what if evil doesn’t really exist? what if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against but our own limitations? the constant battle between our will, our desires, and our choices?”
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After Martin Luther
1. Children are capable of feeling
both shame and abandonment.
14. My father lives alone. Also,
a hawk killed his dog and you
expect me to believe in mercy.
20. Good things happen to bad people.
47. One day, every person I have ever
loved will die and the only…
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oh my glob you guys, drama bomb!
‘im a graphic design student’ i whisper to myself, slapping glitter text on out-take shots of my lumpy space princess cosplay test.THAT HAIR
IS EPIC
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i know everyones freaking out about yahoo buying tumblr but maybe just maybe its the beggining of something
Well, you’ve got my attention….
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