It is really interesting. I don't notice or think about syntax the way you do, but fandom has always developed its own linguistic norms, and that's always been cool. Like the full stops in the middle of sentences thing, which I used to be hyper-aware of when I first got into fic:
I just. can't. stand it.
That's not an OK construction in any other kind of narrative fiction! But it expresses something that none of the grammatically acceptable alternatives does. And it is completely mainstream in fandom. And probably a lot of the things tumblrites are doing will be mainstreamed the same way, while a lot of them will morph and change and disappear?
But okay full disclosure, if lmao and uwu could go out of fashion sometime soon that would be awesome for me.
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Date: 2012-06-30 06:59 am (UTC)I just. can't. stand it.
That's not an OK construction in any other kind of narrative fiction! But it expresses something that none of the grammatically acceptable alternatives does. And it is completely mainstream in fandom. And probably a lot of the things tumblrites are doing will be mainstreamed the same way, while a lot of them will morph and change and disappear?
But okay full disclosure, if lmao and uwu could go out of fashion sometime soon that would be awesome for me.