::nods:: In the greater scheme of things, much less fanfiction is read than, say, gay porn/erotica/sexual writing. And in the gay porn/etc. community of professional writers, even they can't agree on what's "responsible" writing, and I'd wager they have more influence on a wider range of readers than we do with fanfiction. Or maybe it's not so much influence as entertainment. It's not like we or they are writing philosophical essays or non-fiction tomes. We're writing to entertain and titillate, and that can include responsible themes or it can push the envelope, and neither one is "right" or "wrong".