>> the underlying idea is to use the characters - in most suitable way - to fit certain narrative
Yes, that seems to be the general idea. And I like this direction of analysis much better than the "fandom is for comfort" one - not because the other is not true, but because it depends on the immediate circumstances around the text rather than on the text itself.
I mean, by analysing the text we can (probably, I'm no specialist) establish that it so closely matches a certain type of narrative that it could not be unintentional. And there lies the proof of its fanficness (fanficity?)
But what will remain from the "fandom=comfort zone" idea, if we analyze the text, say, 10 years hence, when fandom no longer exists or no one recognizes the hurt-comfort trope, or there is no adult alive who has not watched HP saga - in other words, when we are left alone with the text? If people will continue reading it, would it follow that it is literature, not fanfic?
I agree that the fandom as a whole has too many disparate entities - and I know next to nothing about bandoms and others. So yes, I'm talking about a tiny part of the whole.
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Date: 2010-08-11 07:37 pm (UTC)Yes, that seems to be the general idea. And I like this direction of analysis much better than the "fandom is for comfort" one - not because the other is not true, but because it depends on the immediate circumstances around the text rather than on the text itself.
I mean, by analysing the text we can (probably, I'm no specialist) establish that it so closely matches a certain type of narrative that it could not be unintentional. And there lies the proof of its fanficness (fanficity?)
But what will remain from the "fandom=comfort zone" idea, if we analyze the text, say, 10 years hence, when fandom no longer exists or no one recognizes the hurt-comfort trope, or there is no adult alive who has not watched HP saga - in other words, when we are left alone with the text? If people will continue reading it, would it follow that it is literature, not fanfic?
I agree that the fandom as a whole has too many disparate entities - and I know next to nothing about bandoms and others. So yes, I'm talking about a tiny part of the whole.