Mock. Mockmockmock. Mockity-mock-mock

8:29am: Doctor Who Fandom: Beyond Good and Evil
Disclaimer: I am in no way involved in Doctor Who fandom. My knowledge of DW fandom extends basically to vaguely remembering that my older brother thought those Daleks were pretty cool. Apparently to attain true understanding of this wank one must be fully attuned to the way of the DW fandom.

I'm just bored of seeing posts on my friends' list bemoaning the fact that this hasn't hit here yet. (Okay, there was only two by the same person. It's the principle of the matter.)

As far as I can tell, versaphile states her desire to "build up a good Doctor Who community in my forum of choice."

Barbthebrazen (amongst others) takes issue with this, and ends up pitting good fan against bad fan.

Versaphile responds.

Throughout this, nostalgia points and laughs, gives vague indications of a mountain of backstory and gets accused of inciting a flamewar.

Like I said, I know nothing about any of this. If anyone wants to fill us poor unenlightened peons in on the rest, or if I've made a mistake, just let me know.

3:55pm: Icz mentioned these in the comments on my last post, but...
Here are Ardent Valkyrie's other two "masterpieces" just for posterity:

The "right" way to say "yaoi", aka Let's Start A Useless Grammar War, aka "FANGIRLS ARE SOOOOO STUPID!"

"POTC Slash is bad and people who write it should be hit in the face! Or something.

I'd wax lyrical on feeling guilty about directing this person to RFS, but...she was sneaky. She hid her true colors so well...plus, I did this BEFORE her post to MSR caused wank. :P

3:57pm: Fanficrants Dares To Speak Out Against Betas!
God, I loves me some fanficrants -- the community that never fails to disappoint come wank time. This one's a nanowank so far, but with luck it should bloom into a beautiful and unique spooge-orchid.

wolfychan has a valuable message for the good people of fanficrants -- betas are bad, m'kay? She has a multitude of reasons why she doesn't use betas:

• "[She doesn't] want to wade through your fifty-chapter Mary Sue/Legolas romantic fantasy epic."
  
• "[She doesn't] want someone else to tell [her] what to do with [her] plot. (...) And if [she doesn't] take the suggestions, [she doesn't] need a beta."
  
• "Most betas aren't even that smart. (Heck, they're editing a stranger's unpublishable copyright violations for free, how smart can they be?)"
  
• "It is, when all is said and done, fanfiction. Which is to say, it's technically illegal and can never be used for money or published in a reputable print medium. (...) So really, why take the trouble?"

Thus far, oddly enough, most of the 27 comments so far support her. However, the wank has begun with the obligatory Anne Rice comparison and a few other rogue posts. If this one doesn't go far, then fanficrants has managed to disappoint me soundly. Le sigh.

9:44pm: Before anyone else does...
aundromasmith wants everyone in fanficrants to know...

RPF is dangerous.

Choice quote:

There is, however, one aspect of fan fiction which defies this analogy of the fireside community. Real Person Fiction, or RPF for short, instead hearkens up the image of a group of old biddies at the beauty parlor, gossiping over the new person in town, making up imaginary scenarios that could have brought them to their neighborhood. They envision failed romances, humiliations at work, or deep and dark family secrets from which their target is forever running.

In short, RPF is nothing more than a convenient vehicle for lies and conjecture. And while the old biddies at the beauty parlor will accomplish little more than hurt feelings and tarnished reputations, RPF enters a much more dangerous territory.

I could just delete it, I suppose. But I believe in letting people state their opinions, even if I know it's a trainwreck waiting to happen.

Edit: We have pretentious sign.

10:14pm: And thus, the MST3K fandom succumbs
saburochaos posts in the MST3K community an interview of Mike Nelson in which the beloved host talks about his Christianity. Some people bless him ("That's an awesome interview..") other people are pissed that the sarcastic, cynical, hilarious Mikey has sold his soul to the devil ("And my best friend used to idolize him too....she says this is a slap in the face to her").

Christians wank. Some other guy wanks (and there's wank in this post about if Midwesterners are all Christians). And then Steph adds her enlightening thoughts.

Why, MST3K fandom, why? You used to be so clever! So snarky! So un-lame!