Fandom Secrets

[paraka]

Over at LJ's fandomsecrets someone made a podfic secret (thanks to brimtoast for the link).

I'm really curious as to what others in the podfic community think of it, it's had some very mixed reactions in the thread I linked to above.

Comments

[phi]

I don't particularly want to know the details of readers' or listeners' masturbatory habits but I figure if I've written or read something shippy, whether it's explicit sex or not, *someone's* going to be getting off to it somewhere. As long as they don't come into my journal to tell me about it, I don't really care. And I definitely would be put off by someone saying that *I* was arousing them, as opposed to the fanwork I created, since that is awfully close to creepy stalker territory for me.

[paraka]

In the thread I linked to, I made mention of people leaving comments along the line of "I'll be in my bunk" or using icons saying "you owe me a new pair of panties". How do you feel about people leaving that kind of feedback?

[phi]

It doesn't bother me if it's in the comment thread where the fanwork was posted, or some other feedback thread. As long as they don't start obsessing about *me* versus the *work* it's okay, IMO.

[zvi]

Huh, I can see where it might be creepy to say they were hot for you based on your writings (since that doesn't involve you, but your things), but … people (in a general sense, beyond just fandom) seem to be aroused by physical attributes of others, like appearance or scent or voice.

I don't see why it should be different in a fannish context than a theatrical one? I mean, if I'm all, "Ooh, Avery Brooks could read me anything," I'm not sure why I shouldn't also say, "FayJay could read me anything."?