When stressed, s2m often turns to reading as an escape. This bout has been alllll fanfic.

[slr2moons]

I've been under an extreme amount of stress for the past two weeks, mostly due to work, frustration with my continuing weight gain, money, and home ownership problems. But if I type everything out here it will just make me feel worse, so let me instead tell you about something more positive and uplifting

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The appeal of fanfic

[glowing_fish]

For me, the appeal of fanfic is that I've already paid the overhead. I mostly read "official" fanfic, that is, licensed books and adaptations, but when I do, that is mostly the reason

RE: The appeal of fanfic

[slr2moons]

Thank you for the reply, Fishy! :D

Very good point about the already established groundwork in fic. Even when writing a complete pirates-in-space AU, the author doesn't need to bother describing the characters or borrowed canon situations, because readers already know them. That cuts out quite a bit of of necessary exposition, and those words can instead be devoted to fun things like plot. C:

(I've tried to read Homestuck twice. I have since given up. It will forever remain a mystery to me, recognizable but unkown!)