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[farla]

The newest installment, this one answering the question of how they were going to keep complaining it isn't funny enough after hitting the author note saying that's not the point. Turns out parody means to tell many jokes, who knew? Also, the sporker's now figured out this is before gen five, although I don't think anyone's realized quite how much before it is.

We miss out on complaints about how the story of a kid getting a million cool pokemon for starting late is terrible, but the comments make up for it with their developing canon about my real views and statements I said at some point somewhere to their understanding. With luck, one of the commenters may even divine my true evil meaning even from the accepted chapter. Failing that, I'll just have to hope my newest fanfic provokes rage about my hypocrisy when I finally post it and ends up there as well.

Also Dragonfree attempted discussion under the impression they were reasoning folk. May she escape again with her sanity unscathed.

Comments

[farla.livejournal.com]

I think I've begun to see bits of pattern in the madness! They're people who really aren't interested in anything about the pokemon themselves and really resent the idea anyone should be concerned about that but are really invested in the idea the main character should be able to do everything. I think this is related to the fact they think the only proper use parody is one that's so ludicrously over the top it bears no resemblance to real sues. (As a complicating factor, I don't think they read much in the fandom, so they have no idea this is already standard.)

I actually talked someone into an overage trainer who's been training his starter for a while just now! Really, there are so many ways it could go, it's just people keep using the one worst option.

[wintersheir]

As a complicating factor, I don't think they read much in the fandom, so they have no idea this is already standard.

I think this is it, Originality was very clearly about making fun of poorly-thought-out cliches and juvenile attempts to be dramatic or elevate the protagonist or imitate the anime. But the would-be sporker is a) ignorant of context and b) is at such a Bitch Eating Crackers level with you that they're trying to find anything wrong with your writing and largely just demonstrating their own lack of understanding. Hoo hoo hoo.

[actonthat.livejournal.com]

Complicated that is the fact that they don't seem to realize this was written like, a decade ago, and isn't really relevant anymore. A lot of it seems very focused and nitpicky because the conventions it was mocking aren't big anymore-- goth sues (the Raven chapter) are pretty much absent, but were huge then, for example.

Which is of course the most damning factor, as anyone who actually gave a shit about a real sporking would try to find the context and see if it was appropriate.

[farla.livejournal.com]

It's actually even older than I realized. I had to repost it at some point, so the first half of the chapters are even earlier than the post date, and the second Unoriginality was first posted early 2004, so I think it was first posted sometime in 2003.

[wintersheir]

Yeah! Oh man, are the days of the ludicrous sadness sues behind us? Is it just boring kids who get a special pokemon from professor pine? I've read some of farla's pokereviews but I missed the egregious sues.

Is there some kind of function where you can call up a random story on FFnet or whatever? I still get a review on gods and demons like twice a year and they're like "oh darn, I guess I'm too late to submit a pokemon" and I'm like FRIEND, THIS STORY HASN'T BEEN UPDATED FOR SEVEN YEARS HOW FAR BACK DID YOU SCROLL

[farla.livejournal.com]

They seem to be a thing of the past, like the noble dinosaur. Canon characters boring it up or legendaries as humans are the current terribleness, which sucks because they're all terrible in the same way.

My guess for old stories is that people are hopping along favorites lists. If someone currently active has your story/you as a favorite, they can funnel readers along to you.

[farla.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew more context. One of the commenters won't shut up about some review I gave, but it doesn't look like the sporker even writes fic, so my current theory is she's not experienced with the sort of fanfic people actually produce and seeing it as an evil attempt to shut down all fanfic by telling people not to do stuff.

[actonthat.livejournal.com]

As the "Mirror Originality" chapter demonstrated, I think a lot of them are recognizing their own writing in there and squirming. And as we know, the only correct response to that is frothing rage at the person who dared made you aware of a mistake.