Hi, I clicked on your journal after seeing you comment somewhere (in fandom's current racism debacle/debate, to be honest). I just wanted to say that you have my dream job. I hope I can study something this interesting for my Ph.D! (Of course, first I have to get off LJ and write this Confucius response paper so I can get my undergraduate degree.)

I can't add anything to your observations, except to mention that reading the fic summaries and the doujinshi summaries right next to each other is surreal. I'm not sure the djka and the fanfic writers were reading the same books here - and, of course, that's what makes it fun. Good luck!