That the term "gift economy" can be applied to fandom is something that actually warms my heart. To write about characters you like for anyone else who also does, no profit motive needed! Maybe I'm just old, but it's really amazing to me how that seems to be lost on people now. I'm aware that some do commission fanworks, and I'm kind of iffy on that as it is, but outright paywalling? If I go on in any more detail, I'm going to catastrophize.
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LaikaFlash Sat 07 Aug 2021 03:03AM UTC
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