the “lets compare fanfic to lit vs dont compare fanfiction to lit bc its not” discourse on this website is the dumbest shit i’ve ever seen. who cares. who cares. truly i have never before logged on and seen people so mad in a stupid way about a more inconsequential topic. it seems like a lot of people focus on uselessly litigating what it’s acceptable to “value” the subjects in question which misses what i feel like is a lot of interesting meat that would actually contribute something to or ask something meaningful about how we conceptualize our understanding of stories