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alias_sqbrPeople are discussing exactly where one should draw the line (if any line should be drawn) for what sorts of text can be on An Archive Of Our Own.
I'm too sick to engage with these conversations but have enjoyed having my preconceptions about what people write and why pushed.
What I find interesting is that everyone is bringing up the example of original slash but noone is bringing up the sort of text I find blurs into fic for me, eg meta. I've often thought some of my meta posts blur into my fic, eg speculating about the nature of the Old Gods in Dragon Age vs writing a story about one. Which is I guess helps the "not everyone reads fic for the same reasons" point.
I'm not saying it should be allowed on the archive (I don't know enough about how archives work best to have any strong opinion and can see the arguments for both strict rules and laxer ones), but I think it's worth mentioning as one of the blurry grey areas worth addressing.
(nb, am sooo behind on my email so will probably not be replying to any comments until more over this cold, I just wanted to mention this thought)
Heh. Almost but not quite posted this to lj :)
I'm too sick to engage with these conversations but have enjoyed having my preconceptions about what people write and why pushed.
What I find interesting is that everyone is bringing up the example of original slash but noone is bringing up the sort of text I find blurs into fic for me, eg meta. I've often thought some of my meta posts blur into my fic, eg speculating about the nature of the Old Gods in Dragon Age vs writing a story about one. Which is I guess helps the "not everyone reads fic for the same reasons" point.
I'm not saying it should be allowed on the archive (I don't know enough about how archives work best to have any strong opinion and can see the arguments for both strict rules and laxer ones), but I think it's worth mentioning as one of the blurry grey areas worth addressing.
(nb, am sooo behind on my email so will probably not be replying to any comments until more over this cold, I just wanted to mention this thought)
Heh. Almost but not quite posted this to lj :)
