I blame my grim, schadenfreudian [tm!] Teutonic DNA.
Whereas I, of course, am an Italianate woman of hearty appetites.
And, I mean, but.... Are those really my only choices?
Yes. Those are your only choices. Thank you for posting. < / irony > < / eye rolling>
No, but seriously, I do actually resent your turning my celebration of identification and empathy--FOR the alien, the distant, the geek, the freak, whatever--into "that homogenizing function of fanfic". I mean, what you've done is say, "But don't we like freaks OTHER than our (apparently now typical) freaks of the Spocky, math-nerdy, cranky, emotionless, socially-dysfunctional variety?" To which I say, yes, sure, great; bring it on! I mean, I'm with you that the point of subculture is NOT to bond with your disfunctional tribe so you can go beat up the kids on the next block. On the other hand,there is a (IMO) perverse section of fandom (which I am not accusing you of being in, but) that seems always to demand outsider status at all times, to feel that whatever definition of other, however broadly framed, could not possibly ever include them. And that's...I don't know. That's something.
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Date: 2007-06-22 12:11 am (UTC)From:Whereas I, of course, am an Italianate woman of hearty appetites.
And, I mean, but.... Are those really my only choices?
Yes. Those are your only choices. Thank you for posting. < / irony > < / eye rolling>
No, but seriously, I do actually resent your turning my celebration of identification and empathy--FOR the alien, the distant, the geek, the freak, whatever--into "that homogenizing function of fanfic". I mean, what you've done is say, "But don't we like freaks OTHER than our (apparently now typical) freaks of the Spocky, math-nerdy, cranky, emotionless, socially-dysfunctional variety?" To which I say, yes, sure, great; bring it on! I mean, I'm with you that the point of subculture is NOT to bond with your disfunctional tribe so you can go beat up the kids on the next block. On the other hand,there is a (IMO) perverse section of fandom (which I am not accusing you of being in, but) that seems always to demand outsider status at all times, to feel that whatever definition of other, however broadly framed, could not possibly ever include them. And that's...I don't know. That's something.