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'It's just fanfic' is no excuse
Jun. 15th, 2013 08:32 amI hate it when I run out of things to read. I have a stack of marked to read fic on Ao3, but it divides neatly into categories 'completed, in a fandom I don't want to admit I broke up with', 'fandom I read! ... WIP not updated since last year' and 'I keep trying to read it but it keeps being awful'.
... I'm judgey.
The people who just don't get on with English I have some sympathy for. I mean, I keep wanting to proofread their stuff in the comments, which experience suggests would endear me to no one, but I can see they like the same shows I like and they're trying and it's just kind of sad.
People who end every chapter with exhortations to comment and feedback (with occasional hints of maybe never finishing it else) and then reply to anything other than cheerleading with 'it's just fanfic'... yeah, no, whole other problem there.
Even if a story is an AU, it kind of matters if it makes any sense at all. Matters more, to be a good AU. There's some delightfully crafted AUs out there that strip almost all the specifics from a character but in the process get right down to their core motivations and what, for that writer, makes them worth caring about.
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I ramble. I should go find something productive to do.
... I'm judgey.
The people who just don't get on with English I have some sympathy for. I mean, I keep wanting to proofread their stuff in the comments, which experience suggests would endear me to no one, but I can see they like the same shows I like and they're trying and it's just kind of sad.
People who end every chapter with exhortations to comment and feedback (with occasional hints of maybe never finishing it else) and then reply to anything other than cheerleading with 'it's just fanfic'... yeah, no, whole other problem there.
Even if a story is an AU, it kind of matters if it makes any sense at all. Matters more, to be a good AU. There's some delightfully crafted AUs out there that strip almost all the specifics from a character but in the process get right down to their core motivations and what, for that writer, makes them worth caring about.
( Read more... )
I ramble. I should go find something productive to do.