In Defense of Fanfiction: Guestblogger Justin Goes Robin Hobbnobbing
If you had of asked me on a given day whether I'd one day end up passionately defending fanfiction, I would have given you a strange look. I don't read any of the stuff anymore, and my own endeavors in the field ceased long ago. And yet, I found myself reading Robin Hobb's rant (Swifty: The rant was taken down sometime after this entry was posted) with growing outrage, not just because I disagreed with Hobb's sentiments, but because I COULDN'T BELIEVE that a published author of some repute could hold opinions so closed-minded, reactionary, and ridiculous. The outrage, though, stemmed not so much from this as from the idea that Hobb's opinions, through her position as an eminent fantasy author, could actually discourage young writers from practicing fanfiction, and thus, exercising their creativity. Therefore, SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. THIS SHIT CANNOT STAND.
You changed my subject line! Was this for promotion purposes?
ReplyDeleteObviously.
ReplyDeleteThus the chances of people finding your post by typing 'Heartsdale' MIGHT be higher, instead of only hoping to have someone find this by typing 'Shake Your Uh-Uh'.
Although I was actually thinking of changing the subject line to Heartsdale: Shake Your Uh-Uh or something.
BTW: To me, Jewels is hotter.
ReplyDeleteYeah, she sort of is. I like Rum though. Her fucking NAME is RUM!
ReplyDeleteOf course, but Jewels' performance in that music video you posted negated everything that's cool about Rum.
ReplyDeleteOmfg... Jewels...
For real, how can you beat a name like "Rum"? Rum > Jewel. Jewel is too moody. I like happy songs and being ridden like a motorcyle.
ReplyDeleteI think for my next girl group, I will whip out a dictionary and give my artistes random nouns as names. My bassist is Bangle, my drummer is Vodka, my tambourine girl is Mussel and my lead singer is Chromium.
It's also unfortunate that there's another singer called Jewel around.
ReplyDeleteBut anyway, where the hell did that motorcycle quote come from? Was expecting it to be in the interview.
Listen very closely to the video, the quote is actually from that song.
ReplyDeleteOh.
ReplyDeleteI was too busy wiping drool off from my mouth at the sight of Jewels to really notice.