We seek escapism to a world where we can be someone vastly superior to our real-life selves and do things we never could here.

They seek shelter. They want to be in a world where they can wallow in their mental problems and degeneracies, and be applauded for them.

This actually begs the question of "Who is it all made for, really?" We like to think of ourselves as the paying customer fandom and them as the fan-fic-writing tourists, but are any of these multi-media content creators on our side, really? My brain is still too foggy, and I can't remember any examples other than George Lucas vs "Han shot first" or Alan Moore vs Rorschach or DesignerDave calling Arthas a psychopath for doing what (yes!) was absolutely necessary in Stratholme.

Also...

In conclusion,

What is this? Your fucking highschool homework? ;)

We seek escapism to a world where we can be someone vastly superior to our real-life selves and do things we never could here.

They seek shelter. They want to be in a world where they can wallow in their mental problems and degeneracies, and be applauded for them.

This actually begs the question of "Who is it all made for, really?" We like to think of ourselves as the paying customers and them as the fan-fic-writing tourists, but are any of these multi-media content creators on our side, really? My brain is still too foggy, and I can't remember any examples other than George Lucas vs "Han shot first" or Alan Moore vs Rorschach or DesignerDave calling Arthas a psychopath for doing what (yes!) was absolutely necessary in Stratholme.

Also...

In conclusion,

What is this? Your fucking highschool homework? ;)

We seek escapism to a world where we can be someone vastly superior to our real-life selves and do things we never could here.

They seek shelter. They want to be in a world where they can wallow in their mental problems and degeneracies, and be applauded for them.

This actually begs the question of "Who is it all made for, really?" We like to think of ourselves as the paying customers and them as the fan-fic-writing tourists, but are any of these multi-media content creators on our side, really? My brain is still too foggy, and I can't remember any examples other than George Lucas vs "Han shot first" or Alan Moore vs Rorschach or DesignerDave calling Arthas a psychopath for doing what (yes!) was absolutely necessary in Stratholme.

Also...

In conclusion,

What is this? Your highschool homework?

We seek escapism to a world where we can be someone vastly superior to our real-life selves and do things we never could here.

They seek shelter. They want to be in a world where they can wallow in their mental problems and degeneracies, and be applauded for them.

This actually begs the question of "Who is it all made for, really?" We like to think of ourselves as the paying customers and them as the fan-fic-writing tourists, but are any of these writers on our side, really? My brain is still too foggy, and I can't remember any examples other than George Lucas vs "Han shot first" or Alan Moore vs Rorschach or DesignerDave calling Arthas a psychopath for doing what (yes!) was absolutely necessary in Stratholme.

Also...

In conclusion,

What is this? Your highschool homework?