Fandom is wacky

[ratherastory]

Dear Fan,

It's very nice of you to review my stories. From the looks of it, you might even be a BNF, although it's kind of hard to tell. Certainly you're prolific, and I've seen your name bandied about fandom since I joined. It's great that you took the time to review my story on fanfiction.net, really and truly.

That being said, telling me basically that "h/c: ur doin it wrong" is a little silly, given that my story is very clearly labeled as horror, and not h/c.

I get that you're primarily a h/c writer, and hey, I've totally enjoyed your stories too. If h/c is what you're looking for, then please, by all means, read the stories I've written that are labeled as such. If you want h/c, then reading the "horror" story is not going to work out for you.

Love,

Me

Comments

[hansons-angel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think that's a good way to handle it -- I mean, your way sort of fits what I was saying as "warnings as tags" kind of things. . .or like the torture warning where the warning isn't going to spoil the fic or anything, like a death warning does.

But I think, my hands are tied in the Big Bang thing -- giving intense warnings and such because I think their guidelines are pretty strict about it. . .*sighs.*

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Huh.

I'll have to go look at that, because I think I may have to post specific warnings too. Crap.

(May I say that I am now all sorts of intrigued by your BB? *dances in anticipation*)

[hansons-angel.livejournal.com]

I *think* you'll like it -- but Jesus, I need to really buckle down and get it done. . .it's not that far away. . .

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Don't remind me. I should be working on it right now. What am I doing instead? Working on a tag to 5.03.

*headdesk*

[pkwench.livejournal.com]

Can you do the 'highlight to read' option that I've seen some people do? That at least gives some readers the chance to read on without being spoiled.

I listened to a wonderful J2 AU while I was sick and the author had clearly either had problems with people complaining or had an attack of nerves regarding the direction the story took because something very sad happened (honestly, I cried). Point being, she inserted a warning, I don't remember if it was linked, behind a cut, or behind a spoiler bar, but I loved the author for doing that as much as I hated that the author was compelled by fandom to do it. Because it was a huge, huge, HUGE spoiler and, as a writer, it just sucks to have to show your hand while you're playing it. Would I have cried if I'd read the spoiler? Probably, given the author and the reader, frankly, but I wouldn't have cried as much, dammit!

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Uh, title of the fic and link, please? *makes Bambi eyes at you*

[pkwench.livejournal.com]

Damn. I've got nothing to ward off Bambi eyes. Here:

http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/someone-you-might-have-been

Here's another Dean/Cas one that made me wibble:
http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/consequences-of-falling

Interestingly, they both have the same issue. One author warns, the other just goes, and the same chick reads both. Which, as I'm so new to podfic is apparently no huge surprise as I think everyone has heard something she's read.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[pkwench.livejournal.com]

Welcome!

[hansons-angel.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah -- the highlights thing. That's a good option -- not that I know how to do that or even if I can but it's something to check into. . .the more I think of it, the more I just might say, fuck it to warnings -- a large part of the impact of my BB is that the reader doesn't see what's coming and when. . .so, yeah, if I can do it, I think I might go warning-free. Ha-ha, people against warnings-in-fic unite!

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

We can start a movement!

[pkwench.livejournal.com]

I think the new warning should be: Warning You Will Ruin the Plot.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

I approve!

(I obviously need an icon with Dean giving a thumbs-up.)

[pkwench.livejournal.com]

All I have his the MBV stamp of approval. LOL

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

That's not bad.

I'm thinking of the scene in the park in "The Kids Are All Right."

Dean Approves!™

[pkwench.livejournal.com]

Duh. I did have that icon at one time. Here, here it is again. LOL

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

OMG!

May I steal it? Is it yours? Who do I credit if I do steal it?

[pkwench.livejournal.com]

It isn't mine and I have no clue who made it. I nabbed it from someone who'd nabbed it from someone else. It's a chain of non-crediting. I say steal away and drop in something indicating that you didn't make it. :)

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

YAY!

*nabs*