Changes

I think the age thing is also a factor. With LJ, you could make things “no one under 13″ and “no one under 18.” I mean sure we all lied about our ages but the attempt was there, the expectation that truly young kids wouldn’t read your smut was there. On tumblr, you have no idea who’s following you, who stumbles across your post. All you can do here is make a post saying “if you’re underage please unfollow me” but that does jack shit unless the people following you actually do that.  

I think the age thing is also a factor. With LJ, you could make things “no one under 13″ and “no one under 18.” I mean sure we all lied about our ages but the attempt was there, the expectation that truly young kids wouldn’t read your smut was there. On tumblr, you have no idea who’s following you, who stumbles across your post. All you can do here is make a post saying “if you’re underage please unfollow me” but that does jack shit unless the people following you actually do that.  

Also I think fanfic is used less to shock and horrify and more to entertain and just be generally good writing. Which I’m honestly ok with, the “read this Dobby/Squid fic omg!” trend seems to have gone away. I still have non-fandom friends who think of fanfic as something gross or ridiculous, who will never see it as a legitimate fan practice, because of shit like that. Someone showed them a fic to shock them, and now they think all fanfic is like that. <ref> [http://www.webcitation.org/6dR4Lwbwp </ref>}}}}

Also I think fanfic is used less to shock and horrify and more to entertain and just be generally good writing. Which I’m honestly ok with, the “read this Dobby/Squid fic omg!” trend seems to have gone away. I still have non-fandom friends who think of fanfic as something gross or ridiculous, who will never see it as a legitimate fan practice, because of shit like that. Someone showed them a fic to shock them, and now they think all fanfic is like that. <ref> reblogs at [http://www.webcitation.org/6dR4Lwbwp pepepegle.tumblr] </ref>}}}}

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