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Many look down on fanfiction and fanart, and don’t see them as real art. In my opinion, it’s a wrong way to look at it.
Just think about it for a moment: what would be left of western art, music, literature, theatre, architecture and culture, if we would take away all the Bible and greek mythology fanfiction and fanart?
We (at least we in the West) couldn’t recognise the past and present around us in a world where we take away just these.
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- Taking away certain this or that is a good thought experiment to create alternate history fiction.
- Creating fanfiction and fanart is a unique community experience of creating art.
- A friend of mine, E, shared a young family member’s bad experience with a therapist, who discouraged the child from writing fanfiction, since “it’s copying, not creating” and it doesn’t allow our own style to develop. While in reality, fanfiction is creating from building blocks, and it helps develop your own style.
- A shared “fandom”, a shared story can help understanding and communication. An example for that is how the state used Star Wars scenes to illustrate their case in the Florida vs Sarah Boone case. 5-a-star-wars-reference-popped-up-in-the-closing-arguments-of-the-florida-vs-sarah-boone-murder-trial
- Successful artist Josie Lewis has a touching personal journey illustrating that it doesn’t matter what is called high art, cheap art, not art at all. Her art degree and high paying mural art orders didn’t help her get out of depression after a miscarriage, she shares - painting rainbows with watercolour did.