Back to the status quo
Dec. 18th, 2008 07:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
farlaThe angry returns! Still plenty polite, but there's a healthy mix now. Recurring themes: pokemon shouldn't be capitalized, and you shouldn't start a new paragraph with a new speaker. Yes, often together like that. Another recurring theme is "I was on another site and they were okay with it therefore it's right". No one's named Serebii yet, but I feel I should blame them preemptively. Especially since, with Bush leaving office, I need to wring all the use of preemptively I can get out of it.
Today's spotlight, however, goes to the cubbie123457, who emailed me to say my review for another person's story was uncalled for because:
1) Some of the stuff that I mentioned was true, but not important, so I shouldn't mention it.
2) Some of the stuff might have a good reason that neither of us are aware of.
3) Some of the stuff might not have a good reason and just be thrown in at their whim, which is their right as an author.
4) It's not as bad as some of the other stories in the category and
5) Regardless, putting up fanfic of any kind is intrinsically a plus to the universe and should be mindlessly praised in the hopes the author will make more.
Ie, they want to fuck pokemon and have no standards on the subject so long as it contains that crucial pokemon/human bit. See this? This is why furries get consigned to their internet ghettos. It's not so much avoiding the concept as it is the shitty manifestations of it. When your stance is that all that matters is it involves your fetish and should be encouraged no matter what other flaws are there or how easily fixed they are, you are a blight upon the universe.
Meanwhile there's Celebi96, also arguing with me over another person's review. At least it's more relevant, as in this case the issue is the person posted this random little aside about his fanfic that makes no sense outside of it. But he seems to be connected to other crappy not-particularly-fanfics, so this argument seems like it's going to snowball.
Oh, and someone else emailed me to lecture me about drabbles. See, I told them their story wasn't developed enough, so they explained to me what a drabble was (badly/inaccurately to boot) because obviously not knowing that is the only reason I would have said that, and when I replied that's totally irrelevant to the whole not-technically-a-complete-story business, said yeah and that they accepted the initial criticism which had nothing wrong with it, then lectured me on how I had no right to force my definition of what a drabble was on them.
Today's spotlight, however, goes to the cubbie123457, who emailed me to say my review for another person's story was uncalled for because:
1) Some of the stuff that I mentioned was true, but not important, so I shouldn't mention it.
2) Some of the stuff might have a good reason that neither of us are aware of.
3) Some of the stuff might not have a good reason and just be thrown in at their whim, which is their right as an author.
4) It's not as bad as some of the other stories in the category and
5) Regardless, putting up fanfic of any kind is intrinsically a plus to the universe and should be mindlessly praised in the hopes the author will make more.
Ie, they want to fuck pokemon and have no standards on the subject so long as it contains that crucial pokemon/human bit. See this? This is why furries get consigned to their internet ghettos. It's not so much avoiding the concept as it is the shitty manifestations of it. When your stance is that all that matters is it involves your fetish and should be encouraged no matter what other flaws are there or how easily fixed they are, you are a blight upon the universe.
Meanwhile there's Celebi96, also arguing with me over another person's review. At least it's more relevant, as in this case the issue is the person posted this random little aside about his fanfic that makes no sense outside of it. But he seems to be connected to other crappy not-particularly-fanfics, so this argument seems like it's going to snowball.
Oh, and someone else emailed me to lecture me about drabbles. See, I told them their story wasn't developed enough, so they explained to me what a drabble was (badly/inaccurately to boot) because obviously not knowing that is the only reason I would have said that, and when I replied that's totally irrelevant to the whole not-technically-a-complete-story business, said yeah and that they accepted the initial criticism which had nothing wrong with it, then lectured me on how I had no right to force my definition of what a drabble was on them.
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Date: 2009-01-16 09:48 pm (UTC)If you have a problem with what people write, then leave it alone and don't say anything. You have hurt and offended a lot of people. Or do you want it that way?
The point is, all you've done at FFN is hurt/annoy people. If you want to complain about stuff there, then DO IT THERE. Don't hide out and complain somewhere else. The Internet is a public place and you can't hide all of this forever.
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Date: 2009-01-16 10:23 pm (UTC)Uh, no?
If you want to complain about stuff there, then DO IT THERE.
You just told me I was doing that already and needed to stop doing it.
Don't hide out and complain somewhere else. The Internet is a public place and you can't hide all of this forever.
What part of "linked from my profile, publicly displayed and with anonymous commenting enabled, explicitly pointed out to your friend in case you guys were too stupid to work it out on your own" sounds like I'm hiding?
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Date: 2009-01-17 07:14 am (UTC)I meant to a lesser extent.
-What part of "linked from my profile, publicly displayed and with anonymous commenting enabled, explicitly pointed out to your friend in case you guys were too stupid to work it out on your own" sounds like I'm hiding?
Maybe it's because you're doing it HERE.
Never mind; forget I ever spoke here. I never make sense.
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Date: 2009-01-17 08:21 am (UTC)This just made my morning.
"Farla, she who hides in plain view."
From now on, I will call this the ostrich method: If people wan't to keep something secret, the best way is to make it public.
The Secret Lurker.
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Date: 2009-01-17 02:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-17 02:46 pm (UTC)