Dear Fandom:
It's a hobby. You don't have to take it seriously if you don't want to. There's nothing wrong with tossing off fanfic as easily as wiping your ass. Oh, sure, using netspeak and proper prose still means you have the education of a baboon, and having fits of apopletic rage because someone criticized your nine hundred page epic Mary Sue still means you need a nice lie down, but over all we're allowed not to take our hobbies seriously. It does not make us lesser people, frivolous wretches who don't appreciate our own artistic talents, or wankers. It just makes us, you know, people trying to have fun.
THE PROTESTANT WORK ETHIC HAS GONE TOO FAR.
Luv,
Snarl. |