Fandom: Oh, Hugo, Where Have HuGone

[escritoireazul]

If I had an active fannish Twitter or Tumblr, I would have added to my profile: 100% Absolutely Positively Not a Hugo Award Winner. But I don't, so I shan't.

The Fanlore write-up of the controversy.

This is really putting me off the Hugos and Worldcon. Feels like another cultural clash in SFF, and I am really fucking tired of them. They're necessary and good changes can come out of them, but so tired.

Comments

[cyprinella]

Yeah, I think that's the guy rahaeli is taking to task on Twitter. The knob.

I also think NeolithicSheep had a good point about it being very much a clash between collective/anarchist thinking vs. hierarchical/capitalist thinking

[kore]

people like JJ and Contrarianus and Hampus are focused on very individualistic capitalist terms - exclusive, special, devalue, debase

That is an excellent point!

And they also seem hyperfocused on the idea that someone will slap "Hugo Nominated" on their fanfic and sell it, which....is not what anyone associated with AO3 has done or would do. (The Puppies, on the other hand....)