avrelia

Hmm... this is something I've wondered about for some time. I noticed that the BtVS fandom has a high percentage of people with degrees in humanities/liberal arts. I myself studied a rather technical (i.e. mathematical) social science and I sometimes feel at a disadvantage because of that. Actually, there was a time I could have gone either way, but in the end I chose the more technical field, believing that I could always read other books in my free time. Which I did, but it's not the same as formally studying literature and etc.

I admire doyle_sb4 (who's a terrific fic writer and a brilliant physics brain) and paratti (also, a terrific writer and who, I believe, had economics training as well), who seem to successfully utilize both sides of their brain. For me, it's a constant struggle for control, to use the left side of my brain for professional endeavors and to feed my right brain with humanities and etc. and not feel like I'm betraying either one.