a lot of fanfic is very blatantly like, young people attempting to make something they don’t have the resources or skill to. fanfic often reads like tv shows or movies or often anime, and i feel like that is sort of what the author would WANT to do. but the writer is a kid that doesn’t have the access to the right software or resources, and probably not the knowledge or training needed to make what they are really after. like, songfics are the clearest example. like, these are kids trying to make a music video they have painstakingly constructed in their head, but using skills and materials accessible to them.

I DON’T KNOW. it’s cool! it’s cool! it’s these often shy and unhappy misfit kids trying to reach out to other shy and unhappy misfit kids and make art that has meaning for them, usually through writing queer relationships or characters they don’t see anywhere else that means something to them. often against restrictions, whether they’re mental or social or financial. and like, it doesn’t make it good quality art but it makes it something that has weight and deserves a lot less mockery than it gets.