#rwther than sticking to familiarity

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#ok to rb #like. ig my opinion is that lit generally tends to engage on a more critical level than fic #and thats okay! not Everything has to be A Big Endeavor in which you Learn Something New or engage critically #you can consume just for the sake of consuming and appreciate creations just on an enjoyment-based level #however! you should push yourself beyond your comfort zone and enage with material that requires critical engagement #as you should with every area of life - not just media consumption and specifically literary works #alongside that something doesnt have to be groundbreaking or profound or intellectual to have value - especially someones creation #there was a post that said fic and ya is just employment of tropes and while it was very cynical i think there is truth to it #lit is theme-centric and tends to devote itself to audience takeaway/s #whereas fic is based off preexisting work with themes already established and both reader and author have a general opinion of themes #already employed. in-depth fic can be exploration of those themes and/or studies of characters with new themes applied #so yeah i think the fundamental difference of lit vs fic is whether ot focuses on themes and tropes and while trope-centric stories tend to #push along the story for the sake of the story/genre/trope - lit is pushed by themes and the story is demonstrated through characters #rather than a series of tropes happening To the characters #so by that logic fic CAN engage at the same critical level as lit in terms of theme exploration but most of the time its trope-based and se #within the confines of themes someone else already explored that both reader and writer are comfortable with #(or themes common to a tagged trope - rather than specific story - that both author/reader are comfortable with) #so in all - nothing fundamentally wrong with either but they very much dont tend to engage on the same level #and it IS the responsibility of you - the consumer - to challenge yourself to new themes and thinking material #rwther than sticking to familiarity #sia posts