"Fanfiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They dont do it for money. Thats not what its about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. Theyre fans, but theyre not silent, couchbound consumers of media. The culture talks to them, and they talk back to the culture in its own language."
- Lev Grossman -