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author entitlement, fandom: lotr rps, text interrogation: ur doin it wrong, writers are often pompous douches

So I Heard You Like LotRips
Our saga begins with azewewish complaining about the warning system used by lotrips, a community that lists new stories in LotRiPs fandom. Which is fair enough as the moderators define warnings to be anything in the fic that readers should be aware of.

But then it devolves into: OMG STOP LABELLING MY FIC WITH LABELS THAT ARE NOT IN THE HEADER! and MY FIC IS NOT ANGST WHY ARE YOU LABELLING IT ANGST?! and OMG YOU ARE LINKING TO LOCKED POSTS DONT YOU KNOW THAT'S CARDINAL SIN #1 and OMG THE HORROR YOU ARE LISTING WHAT TYPE OF AU A STORY IS! and OMG YOU ARE SPOILING THE STORY

And it wouldn't be fun if there isn't a threat in the whole mess:

Knock if off or stop listing us all. WE are the authors here, NOT you. What WE want people to see about our stories is what WE post in OUR OWN HEADERS. YOUR opinion on what should or shouldn't be there DOESN'T MATTER. Such things about a story is what individual feedback is for, NOT what people should see before they read something!

And another, courtesy of Nverland

As was stated, you have the right to comment, you do not have the right to defame others work by your own opinions. And as such lotrips and msilverstar have both been banned several places already today.

The lotrips posts start here and here. azewewish has a
whatcha guys think about this?' post. LJ's metafandom has a whole slew of links about this bruising of authorial sensibilities here

Fic-labeling and warning wank: can spring and the REVIEWS ARE EBIL chorus be far behind?

(Found on a combination of wank_report and metafandom on LJ. Hat-tip to the 'mouse I'm blatantly swiping it from, and apologies to miraba. Couldn't pass the title up.)

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	telesilla 2009-02-24 07:39 am UTC (link)
	Oh for Dog's sake, will people NEVER learn that once you put something out on the internets, other people will have their own opinions about it? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kijikun 2009-02-24 07:58 am UTC (link)
	LIES! Horrible lies! My readers only have the opinions I tell them too! And I will stop channeling Ann Rice and Stephine Myers now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	telesilla 2009-02-24 08:02 am UTC (link)
	Oh dear, was I interrogating the text from the wrong perspective? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kijikun 2009-02-24 08:06 am UTC (link)
	Fun things to do: lock Ann Rice and Stephine Myers in a room with each others books, watch the fun through the cameras. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	telesilla 2009-02-24 08:11 am UTC (link)
	Entitlement Deathmatch 2009! I'll bring the popcorn. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kijikun 2009-02-24 08:16 am UTC (link)
	The pre-game show can be Rice!fangirls vs Myer!fangirls. No fake fangs allowed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sorchar 2009-02-24 08:33 am UTC (link)
	No acid or compasses, either. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kijikun 2009-02-24 08:34 am UTC (link)
	That means we'll have to take the Tabasco sauce from the Rice!fangirls you know. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sorchar 2009-02-24 08:43 am UTC (link)
	Mm, we may have to pry it out of their cold, ~~dead~~ pale hands. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kijikun 2009-02-24 08:43 am UTC (link)
	At least they won't get glitter on us. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sorchar 2009-02-24 08:45 am UTC (link)
	Or threaten us with overpriced perfume. Anne Rice fans smell only of despair. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kijikun 2009-02-24 08:47 am UTC (link)
	They must love the new Red Shirt perfume. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sneer 2009-02-24 08:25 am UTC (link)
	Holy shit son I would pay good money to watch that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ayezur 2009-02-27 12:03 am UTC (link)
	They might decide they're kindred spirits and do a collab. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stele3 2009-03-04 09:50 am UTC (link)
	........AND THE SEVENTH ANGEL UPENDED HIS BOWL INTO THE AIR AND A VOICE CRIED OUT FROM HEAVEN SAYING, 'IT IS DONE.' Okay, maybe it wouldn't be the end of the world. BUT WE MIGHT WISH IT WAS. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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