Current general fandom peeves

[graculus]

It bugs me when:

- people post separate chapters of their ongoing WiP to automated archives, rather than waiting till it's completed and posting the whole thing.

- I see someone acting like an utter a**hole and she makes me feel embarrassed that she's supposedly in agreement with what I'm saying (whereas what she's really doing is dragging out her much-used soapbox).

- I'm writing something for an e-zine and I can't help worrying a little about what the reaction to it is going to be, since it's somewhat darker and more edgy than much of the stuff in that fandom. (*waves to Lumina*)

- one of the fandoms I used to rely on for fic seems to have dried up, since many writers have moved on to pastures new and the vacuum they left behind has been filled by people who seem not to have ever seen the show in question. Or learned the basics of grammar and characterisation.

I'm sure there are more... ;)

Comments

Poor Grac!

[blktauna.livejournal.com]

one of the fandoms I used to rely on for fic seems to have dried up, since many writers have moved on to pastures new and the vacuum they left behind has been filled by people who seem not to have ever seen the show in question. Or learned the basics of grammar and characterisation.

eeeek!!!!! most annoying and sad!

Re: Poor Grac!

[graculus.livejournal.com]

And the worst thing? Some of them moved on to writing boyband slash! EEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Re: Poor Grac!

[blktauna.livejournal.com]

Boybands!?!?!

::Thunk::

[thenightsfall]

I'm writing something for an e-zine and I can't help worrying a little about what the reaction to it is going to be, since it's somewhat darker and more edgy than much of the stuff in that fandom. (*waves to Lumina*)

Give it to me, baby. The fandom can definitely use more not-fluffy. :g:

Seriously, I wouldn't worry about it. Yes, Ezslash does have a preponderance of fluff in comparison to other styles/content, but I don't necessarily believe that's because the readership, taken as a whole, prefers it that way. Just a reflection of the majority of the kinds of writers we've thus far attracted. And if all they write is fluff, and that's all anyone sees... Well, it can be a Catch-22. So we need to get more weighty stuff out there, to get more weighty stuff.

Hey, I can give you a list of names, mine included, of folks virtually starving for non-fluffy Ezslash. Please, give it to us. :g:

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Well, the first draft is complete. Let's hope it's not a hideous disappointment to everyone, but it's definitely not a nice fluffy story... ;)

[thenightsfall]

Well, the first draft is complete. Let's hope it's not a hideous disappointment to everyone

Phffft! Like that's going to happen. :g:

but it's definitely not a nice fluffy story

Cool. The world does need more non-fluffy Ezslash. ; )

[graculus.livejournal.com]

This is definitely not-fluffy. No settling down and openly living in domestic bliss for our boys! ;)

[(Anonymous)]

"I'm writing something for an e-zine and I can't help worrying a little about what the reaction to it is going to be, since it's somewhat darker and more edgy than much of the stuff in that fandom. (*waves to Lumina*)"

Personally, I crave for something non-fluffy in the fandom! We need more non-fluff! I wouldn't worry about the reaction - the people who love it, will be the ones who will probably give feedback that shows they read and appreciated the fic and won't use 23 exclaimation points,12 smiley faces, and only 5 words.

You're just ahead of your time, that's all.

Lisa

[graculus.livejournal.com]

You're too kind.

Version 1 is probably tamer than version 2 will be, since I have thoughts on other stuff I haven't included (such is life!).

I've resigned myself that since I'm writing a somewhat less popular pairing I'm not going to get many strokes anyway...