ext_92120 ([identity profile] krytella.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] otw_news 2008-02-01 02:17 am (UTC)

One concern I've seen around a lot from fans who aren't into fanfic/fanart/vidding is that a lot of the statements by OTW use "fan" and "fanfic writer" interchangeably. Thus making other fans feel like you're defining fandom as fanfic, and denying that there are all sorts of fans outside of areas the OTW is concerned with. I think this would be a good thing to address somewhere, since the OTW has gotten publicity in wider fan circles.

Related to this is the idea that OTW is discounting other creative fanwork that's nonfictional in nature (discussion and theorizing). To me it's obvious that this is just outside of the concerns of the organization, since it's perfectly legal for anyone to discuss and even publish nonfiction about a piece of source material. But there are people being pissed off by this so it would be good to explicitly address it.

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