January 13, 2010: Meta discussion, Fandom meta discussion, Fandom legal issues, Fansite news

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Meta discussion

• Useful to remember when writing: reviews are not for your benefit! Recs aren't either. They are for the readers' benefit. by yhlee on January 6, 2010
• I don't agree with khellekson that "fan is not a prefix. Turning the two words into one elides the active work of the fan by making the entire word about the artwork"; I think fanfic is practically an entirely different process to 'fiction', with a different start point, goal and end point by quinara on January 11, 2010
• There's been a debate going on in fandom and in professional literary circles about m/m fiction, or slash, or gay fiction, or whatever. by maryaminx on January 11, 2010
• calimac argues that I have indeed seriously misrepresented Cat and that part of what she is arguing is that, if people like the worthless, how can she trust their judgement when they like the good. I don't think that my summary above so much misrepresents that position as leaves it implicit, but fair enough...Like I say, read her post. by rozk on January 11, 2010
• The Grammar of Fandom (Pronouns) by Jon Marthaler on January 12, 2010
• and so I venture into fandom by Moonlit Garden on January 12, 2010
• Why is it so horrible if fanfic of all things doesn't explicitly spell out everything that might be triggering to someone, as long as it is properly rated? by soenx on ffrantsrants on January 12, 2010
• On why invoking your minority friends in an argument about minority issues probably isn't going to help you to win. by smirnoffmule on January 12, 2010
• Is it an indicator of good fanfic, when it's *not* just a question of filing off the numbers? by charlieallery on January 12, 2010

Fandom meta discussion

• A-Team: The A-Team movie trailer, and my immense fannish squee by sockii on January 12, 2010
• Avatar: Post Traumatic Avatar Syndrome by Chris on January 5, 2010
• Bayonetta: Seems like a double standard to consider her look sexually exploitative when Marcus Fenix and other hugely-muscled male leads are just as bad on the male side of the spectrum. by rocketwhore on girl_gamers on January 12, 2010
• Chicago Cubs: Of Dawson and convention week by Bruce in the Daily Herald on January 12, 2010
• Fallen: A new level of nerdiness: There's something achingly familiar... about Fallen by jesslomas on January 12, 2010
• Heroes: Heroes: Bring on the ewwwwwww by godiloveslash on January 12, 2010
• Naruto: I've been thinking about this very issue of apology and forgiveness versus the concept of achieving enlightenment within the Buddhist cosmology for the last couple of weeks as regards the character of Pain by kagenjoujo on January 11, 2010
• North Melbourne Kangaroos: North Melbourne Kangaroos on Yahoo!Groups by Laura on January 12, 2010
• Torchwood: Fair enough, we're Fandom. It's a crazy world, I'm down with that. by eumelia on January 12, 2010
• Torchwood: Ok, I've skimmed off a few communities and interests in my profile. This mainly concerns people in the Torchwood fandom. by woman_of_ on January 12, 2010

Fandom legal issues

• One of the fanfiction sites I like got closed. Just like that. by megan-moonlight on January 10, 2010

Fansite news

• DeviantART has changed its Terms of Service.

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