You're right, it is, and I shouldn't have alluded to it so lightly (especially in a post that is probably going to end up linked around.)
I don't think original fic is necessarily worse, if only because the average quality of fanfic is pretty bad too. I do think a lot of fan-types aren't as good at, or invested in, filtering out the crap with original fic, and so I suspect the subconscious perception is there, and that "quality" is a significant unspoken subtext to parts of this argument. ...it might have been better off staying unspoken, though.
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You're right, it is, and I shouldn't have alluded to it so lightly (especially in a post that is probably going to end up linked around.)
I don't think original fic is necessarily worse, if only because the average quality of fanfic is pretty bad too. I do think a lot of fan-types aren't as good at, or invested in, filtering out the crap with original fic, and so I suspect the subconscious perception is there, and that "quality" is a significant unspoken subtext to parts of this argument. ...it might have been better off staying unspoken, though.