anyway the thing about fanfic is that it’s not essentially bad or good; it’s essentially amateur. some people are absolutely out there writing award-worthy prose (some fic writers ARE award-winning writers IRL!), but that’s not the point. the point is that we’re all telling campfire stories. it’s a community, and it’s a way to spend some more time in the worlds and stories that we love.
“amateur” has become synonymous with “lacking skill,” and it can mean that, but it doesn’t have to. the word derives from the Latin for “lover.” that’s the other definition. one who does it for love.
At least people who make religious predictions of the apocalypse have an answer to the question ‘Why didn’t you predict any of the other ones that happened recently?’
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