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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]]/[[Hogwarts Giant Squid|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>}}}}
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]]/[[Hogwarts Giant Squid|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>}}}}
{{Quotation2|'''Note: The following has hella generalization. If you feel like this doesn't apply to you, congratulations, let me slow clap it out.'''
Large fandoms--things like [[Doctor Who]], or [[Supernatural]], or [[Star Trek]], or any superhero comic--tend to have unique and separate sides to them: curative and transformative.
Curative [[fandom]] is all about knowledge. It's about making sure that everything is lined up and in order, knowing how it works, and finding out which one is the best. What is the Doctor Who canon? Who is the best Doctor? How do Weeping Angels work? Etc etc. Curative fandom is p. much the norm on [[reddit]], especially [https://np.reddit.com/r/gallifrey r/gallifrey].
Transformative fandom is about change. Let's write [[fic]]! Let's make art! Let's make a [[fan vid]]! Let's [[cosplay]]! Let's somehow change the text. Why is Three easier to ship, while Seven is more difficult? What would happen if ______? Transformative fandom is more or less the norm on tumblr. (And [[livejournal]], and [[dreamwidth]], and [[fanfiction]] websites, and...)
Here's the big thing: there's a gender split. Find a random male fan, and they'll probably be in curative fandom. Pick a random transformative fandom-er, and they'll probably be female. Note that this is phrased in a very particular way--obviously there's guys who cosplay and write fic, obviously there's women who don't. But men tend to be in the curative fandom, while transformative fandom is predominately women--and/or queer people, POC, etc. Why? Because the majority of professionally-made media is catered towards a straight white male demographic, leaving little room for 'outsiders.' Outsiders who, if they want to see themselves in media, have to attack it and change it--hence slash fic, hence long essays claiming that [[Hermione Granger]] is black, hence canons (edit: slipped up, sorry. meant [[headcanon]]s) about trans characters or genderqueer characters.
And then curative/male fandom tends to view most things that transformative/female fandom does with disdain. Why? Because, in their eyes, it devalues [[canon]]. Who cares about knowing about [[Tony Stark]]'s lovers if somebody's gonna write a fic where [[genderbend|Toni Stark]] is flying about? Their power is lessened. Scream of the Shalka is unambiguously not canon--but it doesn't have to be in order for me to read and enjoy a 30k fic where the robotic [[Master]] was secretly in the TARDIS during Nine and Ten's time and they shagged behind the scenes. Canon? No, but who gives a shit?
Also, as transformative fandom tends to be an outsider looking in, they're much more likely to analyze the work from a queer/PoC/neurodivergent/gender perspective. If I come to /r/gallifrey and start to talk about how 'In the Forest of the Night' had a questionable portrayal of mental health/autism, I get blank stare. If I go on tumblr, I get a conversation. This is also where the 'overreacting, shrieking SJW' trope plays in, either because of a redditor's misunderstanding of terms and therefore assuming that a mild critique is a scathing one, or because the tumblr user in question is young/inexperienced and jumping the gun.
So, there you have it: /r/gallifrey's bashing of reddit is part of a larger split in how men and women tend to enjoy fandom, and a lashing against how fanfiction/related things addresses fandom because it's not the right "kind" of fandom. And also because tumblr is popular with teenage girls, and there's nothing reddit loves more than shitting on whatever teenage girls like.<ref>[https://np.reddit.com/r/gallifrey/comments/2u73cg/tumblrbashing_why_or_why_not/co5ucsk/ comment] on [[Reddit]] by LordByronic</ref>}}
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