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innerslytherin pointed out that in my last update I actually expressed and opinion by saying I wasn't going to - this fandom has too many memes. Not too sure what a meme is - unless it's all about "Me, Me!" but since I have I will state my most avidly held opinion about the whle fandom business, whether it's HP, LotR or some little book no ones ever heard of and it's this:
Fandoms should be fun. They should be fun for everyone. If someone gets a different sort of fun out of it that's their choice. If someone wants to write mpreg fics (shudder) and thinks they are 'lovely' they can. If someone wants to write BDSM they can - I don't have to read it. If I want to write silly stuff about characters who are canonically dead I can - I'm not actually hurting anyone by doing so because my fics usually have warnings on them. If I want to use OCs, take liberties with canon, use my imagination, I think that should be permitted too. The fandom's such a huge place, there's room for us all to float the boat of our choice. This does mean, of course, that there's a place for Mary Sues as well... but one must be fair.