if you're judging fanfic based purely on the fandom...then you're prejudiced pure and simple
I didn't read your other entry in it's entirety or in context, but my interpretation of what you are saying is that if you *dismiss* or are *derogatory* about fanfic based soley on the fandom, that's prejudice.
But that's entirely different from being disinterested in a fandom, which apparently she is. For example, I'm not interested in The Sentinel fandom, but I acknowledge and appreciate that there are several great writers in that fandom.
But that's quite different from saying "this fandom is crap, so, therefore, is all the fanfic", which, as you say, is prejudice. Yet Ruth seems to be equating loathing of all fanfic based on fandom as the *same* thing as merely being disinterested in that fandom.
Certainly, everyone is free to hit the delete button if they're not interested in a story, a writer, or a fandom. But that is not the same thing as outright derision of an entire fandom, which I believe is probably the point you were trying to make.
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Date: 2001-08-23 11:19 pm (UTC)I didn't read your other entry in it's entirety or in context, but my interpretation of what you are saying is that if you *dismiss* or are *derogatory* about fanfic based soley on the fandom, that's prejudice.
But that's entirely different from being disinterested in a fandom, which apparently she is. For example, I'm not interested in The Sentinel fandom, but I acknowledge and appreciate that there are several great writers in that fandom.
But that's quite different from saying "this fandom is crap, so, therefore, is all the fanfic", which, as you say, is prejudice. Yet Ruth seems to be equating loathing of all fanfic based on fandom as the *same* thing as merely being disinterested in that fandom.
Certainly, everyone is free to hit the delete button if they're not interested in a story, a writer, or a fandom. But that is not the same thing as outright derision of an entire fandom, which I believe is probably the point you were trying to make.