"We can do better" is a value judgement, though. No, there's no finger being pointed straight at me, but I'm part of a community being judged.
why should we have lower expectations for fanfiction.
Because it's something people choose to do for free in their spare time, rather than part of a cash-rich industry? Because it's derivative of and based on love for characters established in that industry? Yeah, it'd be great to see more diversity of all types! 100% no argument there. But I'm not going to judge people for wanting to spend their free time writing about the characters of their heart.
(For the record, I totally understand wanting more of something, not having the time to write it yourself, and coming to meme to vent. But to me there is a sense of judgement coming through and it's off putting. Coming to the meme to tell people they're not doing fandom well enough is what I don't understand.)
Re: Lack of Femslash?
"We can do better" is a value judgement, though. No, there's no finger being pointed straight at me, but I'm part of a community being judged.
why should we have lower expectations for fanfiction.
Because it's something people choose to do for free in their spare time, rather than part of a cash-rich industry? Because it's derivative of and based on love for characters established in that industry? Yeah, it'd be great to see more diversity of all types! 100% no argument there. But I'm not going to judge people for wanting to spend their free time writing about the characters of their heart.
(For the record, I totally understand wanting more of something, not having the time to write it yourself, and coming to meme to vent. But to me there is a sense of judgement coming through and it's off putting. Coming to the meme to tell people they're not doing fandom well enough is what I don't understand.)