Fanfics certainly are an ethical (type) topic since they deal with people's sentiments and emotions. But what would you say is more pronounced, :Fi: or :Fe:? Of course, both are intertwined, Alice in Wonderland style where we discussed whether it's :Ne:or :Ni:.
But I suspect that :Fi: is predominant. :Fe: is the collective fandom spirit and wanting to express oneself freely before others making them experience the same. Penning your inner turmoil so your readers can get on the same level. You know you bawl your eyes out when the author knows what impacts the fandom emotionally, when they cause you to express what the characters do. But! What fanfiction is famous for - or infamous, you certainly know all the prejudice and I'm sure it will show in the comments here - is the self-insert, most annoyingly but understandably personified by the Mary Sue. That is true for all other stories in general but here it's really polarizing.
You read fanfiction because of how you like or love the character, or how two/more characters like and love each other. Or the other way around, how they detest one another, or how it goes up and down, you get the concept. Most fanfics use couple or friendship plots. It's relationship ethics. You individually identify with some person(s) in there. And then you can relate to the figures you could never truly relate to in reality since fanfics deal with fictional people or celebs. Alternative realities. That's their appeal, to have someone you can't reach close to you because you love them so damn much. Or you have people in there loving or liking one another how you want to be loved or liked. Or someone is hated, that can also pick up the reader's personal experience cathartically. From that perspective, it can't get any more introverted ethics here.
Since I'm from the love x hate :Fi: tribe my private take on it could help. I find that I can lose myself in these stories with ease since I adore the characters and how the authors put their lifeblood in it, and how they indirectly position themselves toward the characters. It feels like I and they can close the distance, it's intimate. I'm SX first, I love nothing more than deeply felt intimacy. That's why I think fanfics are so popular and beloved, they're extremely personal. There's much more first-hand involvement and investment on the reader and writer side. I feel that when reading, this stuff can consume my heart like in genres of hurt/comfort or breakups. I'm sensitive already and that often gets to me because I relate, or put myself in a character's shoes when I feel like I compare/match/vibe with them. I always pick a favorite. Always, always, always. I don't think I look up fanfiction because I wanna get emotional or see how the fandom does. I tend to be conservative sticking to authors I like and characters I like and it's hard to change that unless I get disappointed/butthurt or discover something really striking, which again I have high expectations and right-wrong measurements for which are personal and not objective, and usually hard to understand for someone else which is why I said "private" in the first place.
Now what would you say, :Fi: > :Fe: when it comes to these stories? Are these good arguments already, or am I going into the wrong direction, is :Fe: way more important here? If you like please give accounts of your experiences, too, I'm very curious of how you understand the topic.
But I suspect that :Fi: is predominant. :Fe: is the collective fandom spirit and wanting to express oneself freely before others making them experience the same. Penning your inner turmoil so your readers can get on the same level. You know you bawl your eyes out when the author knows what impacts the fandom emotionally, when they cause you to express what the characters do. But! What fanfiction is famous for - or infamous, you certainly know all the prejudice and I'm sure it will show in the comments here - is the self-insert, most annoyingly but understandably personified by the Mary Sue. That is true for all other stories in general but here it's really polarizing.
You read fanfiction because of how you like or love the character, or how two/more characters like and love each other. Or the other way around, how they detest one another, or how it goes up and down, you get the concept. Most fanfics use couple or friendship plots. It's relationship ethics. You individually identify with some person(s) in there. And then you can relate to the figures you could never truly relate to in reality since fanfics deal with fictional people or celebs. Alternative realities. That's their appeal, to have someone you can't reach close to you because you love them so damn much. Or you have people in there loving or liking one another how you want to be loved or liked. Or someone is hated, that can also pick up the reader's personal experience cathartically. From that perspective, it can't get any more introverted ethics here.
Since I'm from the love x hate :Fi: tribe my private take on it could help. I find that I can lose myself in these stories with ease since I adore the characters and how the authors put their lifeblood in it, and how they indirectly position themselves toward the characters. It feels like I and they can close the distance, it's intimate. I'm SX first, I love nothing more than deeply felt intimacy. That's why I think fanfics are so popular and beloved, they're extremely personal. There's much more first-hand involvement and investment on the reader and writer side. I feel that when reading, this stuff can consume my heart like in genres of hurt/comfort or breakups. I'm sensitive already and that often gets to me because I relate, or put myself in a character's shoes when I feel like I compare/match/vibe with them. I always pick a favorite. Always, always, always. I don't think I look up fanfiction because I wanna get emotional or see how the fandom does. I tend to be conservative sticking to authors I like and characters I like and it's hard to change that unless I get disappointed/butthurt or discover something really striking, which again I have high expectations and right-wrong measurements for which are personal and not objective, and usually hard to understand for someone else which is why I said "private" in the first place.
Now what would you say, :Fi: > :Fe: when it comes to these stories? Are these good arguments already, or am I going into the wrong direction, is :Fe: way more important here? If you like please give accounts of your experiences, too, I'm very curious of how you understand the topic.