Fanfiction Has Destroyed Writing (And Everything Else)
@matrix I tend to agree.
@matrix then western fiction is cooked since at least the Epic of Gilgamesh (fujoshi fanfiction) or at least Divine Comedy (self-insert self-shipping fanfiction)
@tomie Calling a story about two male friends fujoshi fanfiction is pure fanfiction brainrot. There's nothing wrong with fanfics, derivative works or shipping. However there is a big problem with fanfics and that is people insisting their favorite fanfic is canon and also when writing fanfiction you don't practice character development or world building much so you don't improve your writing skills as much.
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@matrix @tomie essentially, fanfiction culture is retarded, but writing it isn't inherently retarded. Fanfiction can be cool if it develops the IP further, like some of the star wars stuff. I know a lot of writers get started by writing fanfiction too, literally every writer I know including myself started by writing fanfiction as a kid/teen. It helps you practice with an already established world. The key is to make sure you are working on transitioning to your own characters and worlds at some point.
I'd argue that fan-fiction culture is more of a symptom of the times than the cause itself. Hell, you'd think she would've focused on the Current Year commonalities more instead of being distracted by the smut.
@colahpse It not unlikely she's mistaking a symptom for a cause
Is more like the Industry employing fanfic writers instead of competent one.
bit moralfaggy, but fan fiction is really cringe and it is indeed destroying western fiction