Well, the cat is out of the bag....
Feb. 11th, 2003 04:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
misscamThe badifc that wasn't
If you're wondering why I'm bringing it up, it's because Saphie told me this before she came clean on various channels, so I've been sitting on it. I'm rather curious what responses it will spark.
And it fits with my feeling that the LotR fandom is getting - bitter, for a lack of a better word. I do believe that when you post publicly, you cannot expect all glowing praise. It is after all called a 'review', not 'worship'. On the other hand... Oh, I dunno. Fanfic should have some standards. Writing for ten minutes without even bothering to spell check should not get 100 'ur so great!'. Effort matters. And when your helpful comments get greeted with 'you're just a heartless bitch', well, any respect for an author goes down the drain. I know my opinion of a lot of authors on ff.net isn't particulary high. There is a big diffrence between constructive critisism and flames. A really big difference.
And whatever else, I will always believe that fanfic requires a certain respect for the original work and that - sadly - many current ff.net authors lack. ('Look at me mangle Tolkien! Whee!')
If you're wondering why I'm bringing it up, it's because Saphie told me this before she came clean on various channels, so I've been sitting on it. I'm rather curious what responses it will spark.
And it fits with my feeling that the LotR fandom is getting - bitter, for a lack of a better word. I do believe that when you post publicly, you cannot expect all glowing praise. It is after all called a 'review', not 'worship'. On the other hand... Oh, I dunno. Fanfic should have some standards. Writing for ten minutes without even bothering to spell check should not get 100 'ur so great!'. Effort matters. And when your helpful comments get greeted with 'you're just a heartless bitch', well, any respect for an author goes down the drain. I know my opinion of a lot of authors on ff.net isn't particulary high. There is a big diffrence between constructive critisism and flames. A really big difference.
And whatever else, I will always believe that fanfic requires a certain respect for the original work and that - sadly - many current ff.net authors lack. ('Look at me mangle Tolkien! Whee!')
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Re: No, bitter is the right word
Date: 2003-02-12 03:26 pm (UTC)But for me, the shine wore off in June and I still reckon it's been getting more bitter as of late. Perhaps the fighting will intesify to then lessen a bit. There seems to be patterns to this in fandoms.
But they're not getting OFUM! *hugs it protectivly*
It's called politics :-P
Date: 2003-02-12 06:13 pm (UTC)Bickering and feuding happen in every fandom, I suspect. I've witnessed it in Highlander fandom. It happens even in furrydom (ever hear of the Burned Furs? Good, you don't want to). There appears to be no avoiding it. The human herd is simply subject to mass bouts of hysteria, folly and scapegoating, which does breed bitterness.
It took a while for Tolkien fandom to get big enough for critical mass to be achieved and the infighting to break out, but it's finally happened. We'll simply have to live with it. At least the squealing crapfic-writing fangirls will eventually go away and seek newer crushes, which will remove part of the friction.