All I really want to know is how people can debate about spelling, and what "fan in meatspace" means!
Thanks for that list and for the links...I looked over the symposium and the newbie guide a couple of times, but they have a billion different things about a billion different stuff, when I just wanted a kind of broad overview of main arguments--cathexys's list looks fabulous, thanks.
And yeah, I generally go by the rule of talking about what I want. But...well, for instance, when I first got into Buffy fandom, I wanted to ask the "why people slash" question...I wasn't looking for debate, or for opinions; I was just curious. I wouldn't've minded had discussion or debates or even war had broken out on my journal (still don't care, and it wouldn't have, then, because I had a 5 person flist), but I could've been stepping into a potential landmine when all I wanted was a simple answer. Again, don't mind the landmine, but what's the point when I can just go read the same discussion archived somewhere else? When I know enough about it to form an opinion about it, that's when I'd prefer to step into the thick of it, because then I feel like I can join in the discussion. I don't worry about getting wanked, or people disagreeing with me, or me bringing up a topic that everyone else just finds annoying--but I do want to be as informed as possible when I discuss things.
Isn't the visual thesaurus so cool? I got it for Xmas. And that kind of thing for fandom would be the awesomest thing ever. If I knew the first thing about how to make one, I'd do it myself, or beat you over the head until we can do it together. Oh well! ;o)
The form the words take and what the words are are inextricably linked in my mind. They are a complete, um, concept thing! :D I am trying to explain it but it is a bit like trying to explain how you think to another person.
I feel like I do know what you mean, because for me, this seems to be how writing should be. And when you look at great literature that uses experimental form, my reaction has always been: this form is necessary to the content. They're symbiotic, can't live without eachother, one wouldn't happen without the other, two sides of the same coin. And yet, inspiration for content and form seem to spring from separate parts in my mind and spend a long time butting heads before they get churned out as one thing on the paper. I would hope that someone reading would say "this form is inextricably linked to the content", but that's not how it comes to me in my head.
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Thanks for that list and for the links...I looked over the symposium and the newbie guide a couple of times, but they have a billion different things about a billion different stuff, when I just wanted a kind of broad overview of main arguments--
And yeah, I generally go by the rule of talking about what I want. But...well, for instance, when I first got into Buffy fandom, I wanted to ask the "why people slash" question...I wasn't looking for debate, or for opinions; I was just curious. I wouldn't've minded had discussion or debates or even war had broken out on my journal (still don't care, and it wouldn't have, then, because I had a 5 person flist), but I could've been stepping into a potential landmine when all I wanted was a simple answer. Again, don't mind the landmine, but what's the point when I can just go read the same discussion archived somewhere else? When I know enough about it to form an opinion about it, that's when I'd prefer to step into the thick of it, because then I feel like I can join in the discussion. I don't worry about getting wanked, or people disagreeing with me, or me bringing up a topic that everyone else just finds annoying--but I do want to be as informed as possible when I discuss things.
Isn't the visual thesaurus so cool? I got it for Xmas. And that kind of thing for fandom would be the awesomest thing ever. If I knew the first thing about how to make one, I'd do it myself, or beat you over the head until we can do it together. Oh well! ;o)
The form the words take and what the words are are inextricably linked in my mind. They are a complete, um, concept thing! :D I am trying to explain it but it is a bit like trying to explain how you think to another person.
I feel like I do know what you mean, because for me, this seems to be how writing should be. And when you look at great literature that uses experimental form, my reaction has always been: this form is necessary to the content. They're symbiotic, can't live without eachother, one wouldn't happen without the other, two sides of the same coin. And yet, inspiration for content and form seem to spring from separate parts in my mind and spend a long time butting heads before they get churned out as one thing on the paper. I would hope that someone reading would say "this form is inextricably linked to the content", but that's not how it comes to me in my head.