{"id":136524,"date":"2015-09-15T06:48:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T06:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/09\/15\/fan-fiction-fan-art-the-way-female-fans\/"},"modified":"2015-09-15T06:48:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T06:48:06","slug":"fan-fiction-fan-art-the-way-female-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/09\/15\/fan-fiction-fan-art-the-way-female-fans\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Fan fiction, fan art, the way female fans celebrate what they love: this stuff isn\u2019t a secret anymore \u2013 and it shouldn\u2019t be a punch line anymore, either. It\u2019s a big messy world full of amateur writing and unedited work, but it\u2019s also got of some of the best fiction I\u2019ve ever read, published or otherwise. You don\u2019t have to participate in it to afford it even a modicum of respect. I\u2019ll be the first to volunteer if you ever want to learn. But if you\u2019re not interested in that, politely decline to answer. It\u2019s easy to blame the celebrity, dragged into answering these questions. But really, the fault lies with the media. Please, please, please journalists: stop asking celebrities about fan fiction. Unless you\u2019re having an in-depth conversation about fictional constructions of the actors\u2019 personae (like the very one you\u2019ll be presenting in your piece?), it serves no purpose. Non-fans likely don\u2019t get it; fans think you look like a bully \u2013 because you are.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Elizabeth Minkel, in her article \u201cWhy it doesn\u2019t matter what Benedict Cumberbatch thinks of Sherlock fan fiction\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Brilliantly put..<\/p>\n

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I just love the Orlando Jones bit. Bless him.<\/p>\n

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Read the full article, it\u2019s wonderful<\/p>\n

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Fan fiction, fan art, the way female fans celebrate what they love: this stuff isn\u2019t a secret anymore \u2013 and it shouldn\u2019t be a punch line anymore, either. It\u2019s a big messy world full of amateur writing and unedited work, but it\u2019s also got of some of the best fiction I\u2019ve ever read, published or … <\/p>\n

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