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starbright73) wrote2010-06-03 12:21 am
starbright73) wrote2010-06-03 12:21 am
My nerdiness comes forth again
I think it was kattahj who steered me to Transformative Works and Cultures a while ago and have been reading stuff there on and off. Well lo and behold! There is a special volume out about SPN fandom and fanfic - yes, it's now established that the fandom is more interesting than the show. *g*
I didn't read much because most of what's discussed I kinda discovered a long time ago, but I do like the fact that more scholars have actually taken on to look into it. Heh. I love when fandom looks at itself in a meta-y way.
But this one peaked my interest:
What really strikes me in this time and age is that all love is sexualized. And that is an archetypal icon in most fanfiction. It's like love without the sexual aspect is somehow lesser and that saddens me immensely. Love is apparently so yesterday.
Soon I am going to discuss LoTS because wow, the morality is so much more interesting when mirrored against the fandom formulated morality of SPN. Fandom can be really detrimental to storytelling by adhering to the most common denominators.
kattahj who steered me to Transformative Works and Cultures a while ago and have been reading stuff there on and off. Well lo and behold! There is a special volume out about SPN fandom and fanfic - yes, it's now established that the fandom is more interesting than the show. *g*I didn't read much because most of what's discussed I kinda discovered a long time ago, but I do like the fact that more scholars have actually taken on to look into it. Heh. I love when fandom looks at itself in a meta-y way.
But this one peaked my interest:
Annihilating love and heterosexuality without women: Romance, generic difference, and queer politics in "Supernatural" fan fiction
What really strikes me in this time and age is that all love is sexualized. And that is an archetypal icon in most fanfiction. It's like love without the sexual aspect is somehow lesser and that saddens me immensely. Love is apparently so yesterday.
Soon I am going to discuss LoTS because wow, the morality is so much more interesting when mirrored against the fandom formulated morality of SPN. Fandom can be really detrimental to storytelling by adhering to the most common denominators.