"wish fulfillment" ~ fanfic is not a new concept--it's the phrase I use to describe it, too. So no credit is needed on my part, at least. :)
I'm trying to decide if I'm bothered by the idea of smut being lumped into the same category as the poorer quality wish fulfillment fic or not. :)
I still wrestle with this dichotomy. Even knowing that all fanfic is, by its nature, self-serving, I try to write fic with story in it, even if its sometimes hard to see. I don't want my fic to simply be thinly (or even badly) disguised Mary Sue fic. That is a major turn-off to me.
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Date: 2011-08-31 04:04 pm (UTC)I'm trying to decide if I'm bothered by the idea of smut being lumped into the same category as the poorer quality wish fulfillment fic or not. :)
I still wrestle with this dichotomy. Even knowing that all fanfic is, by its nature, self-serving, I try to write fic with story in it, even if its sometimes hard to see. I don't want my fic to simply be thinly (or even badly) disguised Mary Sue fic. That is a major turn-off to me.