Hmmm, well, not less maybe, that's probably poor wording on my part, but I think intrinsically -- linked? I mean, I love fanfic, as you know, but canon is the base for me, the reason why; fanfic is a nice add-on but not the reason why. And this is in spite of my canons being invariably flawed and often incomplete, but canon is still ... idk, the baseline, the thing I'm there for. I love the fic, crave it, and write it, but I tend to think of it as a nice bonus rather than the thing I'm here for, whereas canon is the thing I'm here for.
But I also agree with you that I don't tend to think of them in direct comparison to each other; like you said, they typically give me different things. There are things I'll read (or write) in fic but don't want in canon, and vice versa! And there are definitely times when fic gives me what I'm craving when fandom didn't - I guess my two main reasons for looking for fic are "more of the same" and "more of the thing canon didn't have enough of"! Hurt/comfort usually, heavy on the comfort, please and thank you.
.... oh, and re: the "trash" thing - I saw you say in a comment elsewhere that not using the trash phrasing publicly makes fandom a little less fun for you, and that makes me kind of sad, because - I want fandom to be fun for everyone! I hope it wasn't our discussions about it that contributed to that, and I'm sorry if it was. I mean, that's totally the kind of thing where I think the person who needs to learn to roll with it is me, not other people needing to change the way they do things. (Tumblr has gotten me used to various fandom things that I wouldn't have thought possible ... XD)
Anyway, I'm glad we can still discuss these things. <3
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But I also agree with you that I don't tend to think of them in direct comparison to each other; like you said, they typically give me different things. There are things I'll read (or write) in fic but don't want in canon, and vice versa! And there are definitely times when fic gives me what I'm craving when fandom didn't - I guess my two main reasons for looking for fic are "more of the same" and "more of the thing canon didn't have enough of"! Hurt/comfort usually, heavy on the comfort, please and thank you.
.... oh, and re: the "trash" thing - I saw you say in a comment elsewhere that not using the trash phrasing publicly makes fandom a little less fun for you, and that makes me kind of sad, because - I want fandom to be fun for everyone! I hope it wasn't our discussions about it that contributed to that, and I'm sorry if it was. I mean, that's totally the kind of thing where I think the person who needs to learn to roll with it is me, not other people needing to change the way they do things. (Tumblr has gotten me used to various fandom things that I wouldn't have thought possible ... XD)
Anyway, I'm glad we can still discuss these things. <3