For many people there is something decidedly dubious about fan fiction, from it’s secondary...

For many people there is something decidedly dubious about fan fiction, from it’s secondary non-commercial exchange on the internet to the abundance of highly sexualized purple prose. Some will never get past the lack of polish that comes with a dearth of professional editors and little access to good graphic design. However, if you are one of those people you are missing out. Fan fiction is by it’s nature a subversive rejection of mainstream entertainment. In a world where protagonists are highly choreographed for maximum marketability fan fiction acts as an outlet for individual expression—a peeling back of the veneer of spoon-fed identities into the tumultuous sea of our collective psyches. Joseph Beuys would be proud.