Fiona, then Neil:

Perhaps I've just been disillusioned by recent events on the lyst, but Neil-- *how* does fandom in and of itself strip reality down to its bare essentials and ask fundamental questions? Cock-up on my part. I actually meant fan*fic*. I got confused between the creative output and its source. Fanfic compares quite well to punk lyrics -the naivety and/or simplicity (as you prefer) of the texts is not necessarily echoed in the writers. And not all of the texts are either

naive

or simple.

Well, I for one am still confused. In my experience of fanfic -- limited I know -- I'd say that there was a strong positive correlation between complexity of the text and seriousness of the questions addressed.

Tavia