Reviews

[farla]

You know what's worse than stupid, fawning reviews to pieces of junk? Stupid, fawning pretend constructive criticism that's full of bad advice and complements to to a piece of junk.

I hate my fandom so much.

Comments

Aerol Somtaaw, fellow author, long-time listener, first time caller

[(Anonymous)]

She did raise some good points, the same points I try to raise when I review certain authors. Though really I only mean to help and rarely do I flat out praise works. In fact, I've really only been impressed by one fan fic in my nearly 4 years on FanFiction.net.

You're lucky you didn't see her attempt at a Digimon fic, Farla. It was just a character profile page filled with very unrealistic and uncreative Digimon. Every character was ruined but opposing characterizations. She had a what seemed like a very sweet and charming friendly kid who lives with a pair of adopted parents who seems like a bit of a hopeless romantic (like a less abrasive Brock), but she ruined his characterization by adding in bits like "He's jealous", or "He's the lead's rival" and "He's a pervert" >_<;.

I pity the poor girl really.

Re: Aerol Somtaaw, fellow author, long-time listener, first time caller

[farla.livejournal.com]

Yeah, TopazSoarhire did give some advice which could be useful, but this is a review to someone who didn't bother to put periods at the end of half her sentences. She doesn't need to be told how to add detail. That's not the issue. As usual, TopazSoarhire didn't even bother giving a customized review, just gave general advice that has nothing to do with the story. Plus, I'm really getting annoyed by TopazSoarhire's tendency to say 'don't do this because people might accuse you of making a sue even though she totally isn't in any way' in response to blatant sueness. And if you read her examples, you see they refer to a thirteen year old getting their first pokemon. Gah. So it's writing advice from a mediocre writer with no grasp of canon.