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This wank is like an absurdist comedy
Thanks to the mousie who posted this on wank_report.

r_becca starts the Harry/Ginny fic exchange takingitinturns. Things go well for the most part, despite a small kerfluffle during the exchange over reviews.*

As it turns out, that would not be the last review wank this exchange would see.

almond_joyz posts When You Figure Out You, Come Back to Me as a gift to another participant. The fic receives positive reviews until deadwoodpecker adds her two cents in a rather patronizing manner.

Highlights include her telling the author that their fic - a dramatic story - was an absolutely hilarious "absurdist comedy" and then finishing with this:

And that "ending"! To be honest, I've gotten lazy about endings as well. After writing 30 chapters of Yellow Submarine, I pretty much threw in the towel and said "no more." I think that in another month or two - when you aren't so burnt out - you'll probably find that your little story needs a resolution.

almond_joyz responds in a calm fashion, explaining it was not a comedy and that she is happy with the fic as is.

Then three of

deadwoodpecker's friends decided to add their critical reviews, one after another, each pointing out the same flaws in the story.

birlan even goes so far as to delete a prior positive review to the fic and repost his review pointing out the same flaws his friends did.

Another of

deadwoodpecker's friends,

mhersheybar, coincidentally decides to post a rant about the right to leave concrit before anyone reacts. In this post,

deadwoodpecker decides it would be a good idea to mock the story and

almond_joyz shows up to tell her off. Sadly, mhersheybar decided to disable comments but if anyone has a screencap, it would be much appreciated. IIRC it involved deadwoodpecker showing up just to post *gives erotic massage to paralyzed girl* and LOLing about it.

Elsewhere on the internets, Deadwoodpecker and friends are called assholes,

almond_joyz flips her shit and

deadwoodpecker decides to mock the author and

r_becca some more while gearing up for a flounce.

Finally, Deadwoodpecker tries to explain herself. She was just being honest, you guys. And the old guard in H/G is oppressing the newbs.

* I mention the early kerfluffle because

deadwoodpecker was suspected of being behind the review, according to her. Edit: Or because it was a rumor going around!

ETA: The plot thickens...?

ETA II: More history! A while back, after

deadwoodpecker and her friends swept the H/G awards,

almond_joyz decided to hold her own awards.

And thanks to

mariem_1 for the files of

deadwoodpecker mocking the fic.

ETA III: More history still!

deadwoodpecker had a discussion with

loony4lupin during the

hp_porninthesun fest. This was over the fest rules which

deadwoodpecker assumed singled her out personally.

loony4lupin is also the person whose fic was mentioned above as having been trashed by an anonymous reviewer with

deadwoodpecker being the suspect.

Thanks, mice!

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sheep
2009-04-26 05:38 pm UTC (link)

Well, I'm 29 this year, you've just been on the web longer. I didn't get any sort of access until I was about 18 and even that was only an hour at most during lunch break at school.

After that I only really used it for work and the odd fanfic at the start of uni. It wasn't until I got into anime and Harry Potter that I started to use the web for more recreational purposes and joining communities etc. :)

Mum always goes on about spending too much time on the web, even now. I keep trying to explain to her that it's better than just sitting around watching TV, which is what I would likely doing instead. At least I am interacting with people, on some sort of level. She likes to blame the web for me not being that outgoing, where as I'm just shy ):

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napalmnacey
2009-04-26 06:03 pm UTC (link)

Xena was my first full-on fandom. First and most beloved, I think. I really loved X-Men, Harry Potter and the Mummy Movies (before they fucked the franchise in the face with the third installment). But Xena was the first, I was utterly batshit for it. Still am, really. Started that shit at 18. Still haven't dropped the Xena habit. Too mythical and awesome for me to do that, I think. Plus I have an eternal girly hard-on for Ares.

My intermittent access started at fifteen, and then Mum got full-time internet when I was about seventeen going on eighteen (here's where I quote Sound of Music).

My Mum is cool in the fact that she was as excited about the internet as I was, and she recognised it for the tool it was. "Biggest library in the world" she called it. But my Mum is a raging nerd, so this is no surprise. Trekker from the beginning, man, she's hardcore. Sometimes she even reads fanfic. *nods*

Don't worry about being shy. I'm not shy once I get talking to people, but it's the introduction or breaking the ice bit that bothers me. I prefer the internet cause if I make a fuckwit out of myself, it's not going to stick to me like shit on a donkey, ya know?

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