in regards to 'bad!fic'

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I must say that even beyond my love certain trashy-slashy-bodice-rippers, even beyond my love of certain pairing fic and certain *rare* pairing fic despite their dubious quality, and even beyond the fact that deep down inside I'm kinda glad that they make my fic look good even in my *worst* days of self-loathing, that I fully, whole-heartedly approve of bad!fic.

I really do; I approve of bad!fic the way people approve of young children and puppy dogs.

There is just such an insane amount of glee and misguided enthusiasm there. They have such utter sputter-inducing seriousness when they try to use 'cum' in an erotic setting. They are unrepentant fantasies. They are neophytic probes of sexuality.

They are badly conjugated vowels.

Very, badly conjugated vowels. (you know, the ones that occur in the throes of orgasmic bliss? yeah, those.)

And I love bad!fic like I do children; which is to say that I sometimes want to strangle them.

Which is also to say that I sometimes want to protect them with all my power.

'Cause you know what? A bad!fic is just a good!fic that hasn't had a good chance to be nudged and prodded and encouraged into something stronger. A bad!fic is a new author's first attempt, or an author's second attempt, or an author's 23rd attempt just before the "Eureka" that will encourage a leap of quality into something better and more lasting and durable. A bad!fic is just something that all authors have written, and if you've never written a bad!fic before?

You're lying.

And this is not to say I wholly disapprove of elitism, because there *are* standards to be upheld. And without due reward, recognition, and publicity towards the cream of the crop, how can one adequately judge any other piece?

Where you'd get into trouble, however, is when bad!fic tries to lump itself in with the good!fic, or in other words, when the writer of one intent (social approval) tries to crossover into the audience of the other intent (literary merit), but methinks that is a post for another day.

Anyhoo, the appearance of bad!fic delights me: it means that the seeds of good fic is already set in place, that people are writing, thinking, being *involved* as fans instead of simply lurking and taking from fandom. It means that eventually all the stars will be in alignment again someday, and that someday we'll have an immense creative burst from many many writers of tons and tons of blindingly hotgoodintrospective and looooooooooooooooooooooooooong fic like what's happened with the Smallville fandom.

Only hopefully without sinking into the dark sucking pit of blackneverendingANGST that a lot of the Smallville fic dips into...'cause I kinda like happy!fic too. So there. ::sticks tongue out::

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[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

Never seen it, actually. I wasn't thinking of anything specific. But thanks for the link -- I'm highly amused.

;o)