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Pyrate Jenni ([info]pyratejenni) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2009-02-23 23:58:00


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Entry tags: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 [info]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. [info]azewewish has a
whatcha guys think about this?' post. LJ's [info]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 [info]wank_report and [info]metafandom on LJ. Hat-tip to the 'mouse I'm blatantly swiping it from, and apologies to [info]miraba. Couldn't pass the title up.)



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[info]_rukia
2009-02-24 05:14 pm UTC (link)
True story:

I actually had a friend who refused to let me read the backs of books or movies if I was with her "because it'll ruin the story for you."

I'm not sure how else I was supposed to find out if the story was even something I'd be interested in.

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[info]bubosquared
2009-02-24 05:39 pm UTC (link)
... How does this person decide which books to buy? I mean, I know some back blurbs are way more spoilery than they should be, and some are misleading, but, er, does she just look at the cover (speaking of misleading!) and/or title and decide solely on that? o_O

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[info]ruffwriter
2009-02-24 11:09 pm UTC (link)
I have a close friend who likes to know the absolute bare minimum of info for the story she's about to read. When I try and describe things to her, she says, "Don't spoil me!"

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