Prescriptivism in Daria Fanfiction: Difference between revisions

Although the term is usually associated with the teaching of grammar, a ''prescriptivist'' is one who believes that there are tenets, conventions, and essential features—in sum, prescriptions—that individuals engaged in some activity must adhere to for their works to be legitimate. In contrast, a ''descriptivist'' is one who takes the work of those who identify themselves as engaged in an activity as the primary data from which the current features of the activity are to be deduced. Therefore, a '''fanfiction prescriptivist''' for our purposes is someone who believes that there are certain essential features that a ''Daria'' fic must have or else it is illegitimate, i.e., not a ''Daria'' fic to begin with.