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Another animation! I wanted to make an animation on younger Jesse and Steve 🥺🥺 so cute 🫰 #mscm #minecraftstorymode #mcsmanswers #mcsmjesse #procreate

Is it okay to tell people that I read, when it's mostly fanfiction? Is it considered reading??

I get that it is definitely reading, but whenever people ask if I do I'm pretty sure they have original fiction books (or generally books) in mind. I question myself a lot whenever I say yes, and I don't know if I should clarify either uuuuu :)

reading is reading. doesn’t matter if it’s a newspaper, an online article, an original novel or a fanfic.

I mean I know I joke about people asking me what I write and pulling that awkward nervous/side-eye dog meme because I write fanfics, not original stories (I’m simply not interested in creating my own original story when my love and passion are with characters from existing material). but in all seriousness, in my opinion, there isn’t really any difference between “reading/writing original stories” and “reading/writing fanfics”. I’ve read fics that are longer and more professionally written than some published novels. yeah, there will always be people who think fanfics are “less than” published original stories just because 1. the characters are from existing materials 2. fanfics are free and often aren’t taken seriously by people who don’t know how much time and effort can be put into writing one. but if anything, I think the fact fanfics are written purely out of love and passion (no money involved) just means it’s a form of art that is actually about love and passion. not saying original novels aren’t about writers’ love and passion, obviously. but I guess what I’m saying is that with published original stories, there’s money involved. it’s a job. a career. but with fanfics, you know that it’s 100% the writers’ love and passion.