Y’know… that’s a very weak guess supported by few observations, but the current, say, 12 year olds are growing up with fanfiction just as we grew up with SF and fantasy (another stigma-carrying dorky thing of old), and I just can’t see them having much prejudice against it.
This might mean that they’ll have lower standards, but it might also make them more open to looking for good ideas in unorthodox places.
Y’know… that’s a very weak guess supported by few observations, but the current, say, 12 year olds are growing up with fanfiction just as we grew up with SF and fantasy (another stigma-carrying dorky thing of old), and I just can’t see them having much prejudice against it.
This might mean that they’ll have lower standards, but it might also make them more open to looking for good ideas in unorthodox places.