: Sunday, August 15, 2010
- hyarrown: [in fanficrants] It's a HOBBY! - Why is it that writing, and especially fanfic writing, is not acceptable as a hobby? -
- kassrachel: On generous listening - I know that a lot of people roll their eyes at the notion of fandom as a community. I wouldn't dare to claim that fandom is a single community -- which fandom? whose fandom? by whose definitions? oy! -- but my experience of fandom is very much a communal one. In our various corners of fandom we do the things that communities do . . .And, yes, we misunderstand each other and hurt each other. But my hope is that we can listen generously to each other, and maybe in time we can forgive each other too. -