Angry Nerd: Hate to Say It, But Fifty Shades of Grey Is Vital to Fanfic

Honestly, Angry Nerd probably won’t see Fifty Shades of Grey. But he gets it. He truly does.
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Honestly, Angry Nerd probably won't see Fifty Shades of Grey. But he gets it. He does. Because poorly-written "romance" novels are right in geek culture's wheelhouse. Fifty Shades is, after all, just fan fiction—erotic and Twilight-derived and not in space, but fanfic nonetheless. Nerd is here to remind you that fanfic of all shades is vital—and at the heart of many of today's biggest genre blockbusters.