I'm afraid doing a degree in psychology has made me ponder people's motivations... ;)
Ahh, me too. My first degree was in psychology and philosophy, and I spend a lot of time analysing motivation and stuff and 'reading between the lines', so to speak. It's good to know I'm not alone.
Everything you say about motivation is indeed true. And whatever works for the individual is great. I find it hard to leave canon behind as I had it drummed into me as being 'a heinous crime' when I first got into fandom. This is one reason why I personally can't ignore S3 & 4 of Due South, unlike some of my friends. Thus, when I do write in that fandom, most of my stuff is post Call of the Wild fix-its.
I'll try as hard a possible to work with canon and write/think my way around something that doesn't necessarily suit.
There's also the fact that because zines are a product of the fandom community, there's a degree more tolerance for a less than perfect product than there is in the marketplace as a whole.
Very true. Although I think this has become less so today. Certainly when you look at some of the older zines, the 'standard' of production, etc. etc. is less than that of today - understandably so. But people were also a lot more tolerant of different character interpretations, of different writing styles, many things that aren't 'allowed' today appeared in the older zines and were not only accepted by loved.
here's an unspoken pressure in the fannish community to be accepting and express gratitude for effort regardless of quality, even when there's also competing pressures regarding soliciting comment on your effort/quality.
This is very interesting. You see I have to respectfully disagree with this. As from what I've seen around fandom, my own and from studying a wide variety of them, people have no problems expressing their displeasure and slamming editors, writers, artists, etc. etc.
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Date: 2005-08-14 09:29 am (UTC)Ahh, me too. My first degree was in psychology and philosophy, and I spend a lot of time analysing motivation and stuff and 'reading between the lines', so to speak. It's good to know I'm not alone.
Everything you say about motivation is indeed true. And whatever works for the individual is great. I find it hard to leave canon behind as I had it drummed into me as being 'a heinous crime' when I first got into fandom. This is one reason why I personally can't ignore S3 & 4 of Due South, unlike some of my friends. Thus, when I do write in that fandom, most of my stuff is post Call of the Wild fix-its.
I'll try as hard a possible to work with canon and write/think my way around something that doesn't necessarily suit.
There's also the fact that because zines are a product of the fandom community, there's a degree more tolerance for a less than perfect product than there is in the marketplace as a whole.
Very true. Although I think this has become less so today. Certainly when you look at some of the older zines, the 'standard' of production, etc. etc. is less than that of today - understandably so. But people were also a lot more tolerant of different character interpretations, of different writing styles, many things that aren't 'allowed' today appeared in the older zines and were not only accepted by loved.
here's an unspoken pressure in the fannish community to be accepting and express gratitude for effort regardless of quality, even when there's also competing pressures regarding soliciting comment on your effort/quality.
This is very interesting. You see I have to respectfully disagree with this. As from what I've seen around fandom, my own and from studying a wide variety of them, people have no problems expressing their displeasure and slamming editors, writers, artists, etc. etc.
It's a minefield, really. ;)
Oh, yes. I do *so* agree with this!