*nods* yeah, German fandom just -- isn't my crowd anymore? I love reading rodo's posts about current German fandom, because I have no clue whatsoever, having left it so long ago. The insularity *does* have the tendency to produce the effects you describe, yes, so I'd snobbishly claim that I've 'grown out of it'. *g*
But speaking about fic: what I would love love love is what we have here in LJ-based fandom *and do it in German*. Take what we already know and do in English, that awareness and sophistication, and try it in German.
Obviously, and ironically, I value accessibility above everything else, or else I wouldn't keep my journal almost entirely in Eglish. (I respect rodo a lot for trying to balance both languages.)
But I still strongly believe there is value in -- repatriating? Re-discovering your own language? There just might be a bigger audience than one might think -- even independent of the 'traditional' German yaoi crowd, I mean. Though the dividing lines may be a lot thinner than one may think (*points at our hostess*)
And yeah, Schwarzleser just makes me...boggle. That's pretty much the most stupid concept ever, sorry.
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*does* have the tendency to produce the effects you describe, yes, so I'd snobbishly claim that I've 'grown out of it'. *g*
But speaking about fic: what I would love love love is what we have here in LJ-based fandom *and do it in German*. Take what we already know and do in English, that awareness and sophistication, and try it in German.
Obviously, and ironically, I value accessibility above everything else, or else I wouldn't keep my journal almost entirely in Eglish. (I respect
But I still strongly believe there is value in -- repatriating? Re-discovering your own language? There just might be a bigger audience than one might think -- even independent of the 'traditional' German yaoi crowd, I mean. Though the dividing lines may be a lot thinner than one may think (*points at our hostess*)
And yeah, Schwarzleser just makes me...boggle. That's pretty much the most stupid concept ever, sorry.