Generic Fandom Peeves - part the second
May. 12th, 2003 07:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
graculus- why oh why oh why do some people seem to like any old crap that's slapped between two covers and sold as a zine? I suppose it could be worse, since nobody is yet singing the praises of the 'Rose Tint My World' series in the discussion I'm thinking of. But the night is still young, I guess.
- why is there an assumption that anyone who says 'oh no, I can't write' is just being self-abasing. There are some people who can't write fic (divided into subsets of those who can't & don't care and those who can't & wish they could). God knows there are also some people who do write fic who a large number of us wish wouldn't.
- no, actually, we're *not* all dying to read your MarySue self-insertion fics where you marry [insert character name of choice]. In fact, the fact you're bragging about writing fics where you marry [insert character name of choice in fandom #1] does not fill us with confidence that we want you anywhere near our fandom at all, thankee kindly, let alone writing fics about [insert character name of choice in fandom #2].
Help, my peeves are being taken over by a discussion on one list in particular (with a side order of a certain forum I help moderate)!
- why is there an assumption that anyone who says 'oh no, I can't write' is just being self-abasing. There are some people who can't write fic (divided into subsets of those who can't & don't care and those who can't & wish they could). God knows there are also some people who do write fic who a large number of us wish wouldn't.
- no, actually, we're *not* all dying to read your MarySue self-insertion fics where you marry [insert character name of choice]. In fact, the fact you're bragging about writing fics where you marry [insert character name of choice in fandom #1] does not fill us with confidence that we want you anywhere near our fandom at all, thankee kindly, let alone writing fics about [insert character name of choice in fandom #2].
Help, my peeves are being taken over by a discussion on one list in particular (with a side order of a certain forum I help moderate)!
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LOL!
Date: 2003-05-12 11:39 am (UTC)LOL! They are painful, aren't they. You had to hear Colleen shrieking while she tried to get through them... Oh it was not pretty...
There are some people who can't write fic
Its the 'put up or shut up' idea. Hey let em write! As long as we know who they are, we can avoid them. Or they can shut up... either one works for me.
Re: LOL!
Date: 2003-05-12 11:43 am (UTC)But it's the whining in the mean time, not to mention the 'helpful' comments of people who really ought to know better...
Re: LOL!
Date: 2003-05-12 11:51 am (UTC)Ohhhh smack! ;P C'mon... maybe it'll get her to stop...
(NBL but one can hope)
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Date: 2003-05-12 12:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-12 03:34 pm (UTC)Having a fight with all of them but then sleeping with Jonas, that's another matter...
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Date: 2003-05-12 11:23 pm (UTC)Hehheh hehhehheh. You said "insert."
Ah, but is that good or bad? Is it so bad it's good?
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Date: 2003-06-07 09:05 pm (UTC)I made a conscious decision years ago to avoid the Rose Tint series. And can't say I've ever regretted it.
And hey, groovy to find you on live journal!
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Date: 2003-06-08 04:24 am (UTC)Yes, this is one of the places I hang out when I'm procrastinating rather than writing or doing something productive...
I was warned off the Rose Tint series, by someone who knows the kind of fic I like - she intimated they were essentially UNCLE antimatter where I was concerned. ;)