Fandom, after all, is born of a balance between fascination and frustration: if media content didn't fascinate us, there would be no desire to engage with it; but if it didn't frustrate us on some level, there would be no drive to rewrite or remake it.
Interpretation
Fandom arises from both the attraction to and dissatisfaction with media content.
Henry Jenkins suggests that fandom is a complex phenomenon that emerges from a delicate interplay between fascination with media and frustration towards it. When we are captivated by a piece of media, it sparks our interest and engagement, yet moments of frustration or imperfection inspire us to reshape, reinterpret, or create new narratives within that context. Therefore, both positive and negative emotions fuel our connection to media, leading to the vibrant culture of fandom.
In practice
During a panel discussion on creators' relationships with their fans, this quote illustrates the dual nature of fans' feelings toward media.
If old consumers were assumed to be passive, then new consumers are active. If old consumers were predictable and stayed where you told them, then new consumers are migratory, showing a declining loyalty to networks or media. If old consumers were isolated individuals, then new consumers are more socially connected. If the work of media consumers was once silent and invisible, then new consumers are now noisy and public.
...Fan fiction is a way of the culture repairing the damage done in a system where contemporary myths are owned by corporations instead of owned by the folk.
An incinerator is a writer's best friend.
Designing is a matter of concentration. You go deep into what you want to do. It's about intensive research, really. The concentration is warm and intimate and like the fire inside the earth - intense but not distorted. You can go to a place, really feel it in your heart. It's actually a beautiful feeling.
I don't think I've ever written a poem whose intention was just to be funny. I've written poems that start out funny and often shift into something more serious.
There is no one more deserving of a place in Poets' Corner. Ted Hughes introduced a new kind of landscape into English poetry. The most compelling aspect of his work was his intimacy with nature.
A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.
Do not write if there is no tremendous urge to do so. At the heart, there must be an inspiration or muse or one of those old-fashioned things. Else, why bore yourself, destroy other people's interest and kill trees?
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