I think it's good that people write their stories in languages other than english:) But of course I hope those stories would be translated someday

English is not my native language and I'm grateful I know it well enough to read stories in it. First fanfic I read was "Human interest" and I spent many hours with dictionary trying to understand it

Right now, after a year and a half of reading BBM slash everyday I can read with full understanding (not that I can express myself in that language quite as good

) So I can tell - even though I was learning english in high school, I really learnt it reading slash

(thank you, Ms Proulx, thank you Ang Lee and big thank you all authors at the fandom:))
Maybe someday, if I am determined enough I would learn german the same way:) Or spanish:) If I'm not too lazy, because english is the easiest language in the world and the other two are much more difficult