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Wham bam, we're in a jam! ([info]sarajayechan) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2005-05-21 15:00:00
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Current mood:Flippant
Current music:Joydrop - Beautiful
Entry tags:fanfic

Very tiny wank
[info]sirius_denial complains about muse-chats in reviews and authornotes on ff.net. But people are more concerned with her spelling and grammar. Except [info]nattish, who "doesn't know why they feel the random need to point this stuff out. O_o".

Not a full-scale explosion, but all sides were being pretty bitchy about the whole thing. Spelling and grammar are important, but playing beta to everyone on a comm isn't necessary.


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[info]megmurry
2005-05-21 10:34 pm UTC (link)
sirius_denial requested concrit in her reviews. They were simply complying with the request using the piece of writing they had to work with, in the theory that the writer might learn from it and not make such mistakes in her story writing.

o_O

Because God knows I'm always looking for people to beta my LJ posts...

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[info]sarajayechan
2005-05-21 10:40 pm UTC (link)
I know. Posting on a forum isn't exactly the same as posting a fanfic or RPG post.

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[info]megmurry
2005-05-21 10:42 pm UTC (link)
Considering Sirius was polite in her first reply and only seems to have gotten snippy after half a dozen comments, I think she's not the wanky one here.

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[info]sarajayechan
2005-05-21 10:43 pm UTC (link)
...True. Yeah, I thought the nitpickers were being worse.

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[info]sir_hellsing
2005-05-21 10:48 pm UTC (link)
That made my brain explode. *resists the urge to wank*

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[info]megmurry
2005-05-21 11:17 pm UTC (link)
Resist the dark side, Thess. =P

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[info]sir_hellsing
2005-05-21 11:19 pm UTC (link)
Why should I do that? The dark side is hotter. I mean, has Vader, Maul and Christopher Lee! *distracts self with pr0n side instead*

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[info]megmurry
2005-05-21 11:24 pm UTC (link)
... Hmm, Christopher Lee. Yeah, I guess you win.

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[info]sir_hellsing
2005-05-21 11:29 pm UTC (link)
See what you did by letting me win! Now I wanked. ;_;

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[info]kijikun
2005-05-22 07:49 am UTC (link)
You forgot Christpher Walken.

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[info]oulangi
2005-05-21 11:09 pm UTC (link)
Can you imagine having an IM conversation with that chick 0_o

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[info]lurker32
2005-05-22 12:23 am UTC (link)
Mmmmyeah. [info]bell_witch is a little crazeh across the board.

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[info]annabelle_lee
2005-05-22 05:53 am UTC (link)
Ehhh, crazy? Not so much, methinks. Reaching for a ladder rung of Logic that just isn't there? You bet.

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[info]tiki
2005-05-21 10:51 pm UTC (link)
So were the grammar nazis wankers the people who write those stupid scripts on their stories? Because I can't see any other reason they'd overreact like that to a few spelling and grammar errors. The original post wasn't perfect, but it was readable, which is more than I can say for 99.999999% of what I see on ff.net at any given time.

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[info]grapefruitzzz
2005-05-21 11:14 pm UTC (link)
I was stupid enough to apply for [info]sorting_elite and have had mostly grammar critiques. I wrote in a hurry and I never proof-read, but it wasn't exactly txtspk. I think some people like to pat themselves on the back for the accuracy of their grammar because they have nothing to actually say (split infinitive omg!)

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[info]simkin_mouse
2005-05-21 11:00 pm UTC (link)
Methinks fanficrants is going against their own "no plagerizm (I do believe this was the spelling of choice?)" policy and blatantly copying us on the eating their own part.

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[info]sarajayechan
2005-05-21 11:04 pm UTC (link)
I love your icon. Especially the text.

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[info]simkin_mouse
2005-05-21 11:16 pm UTC (link)
Uch, gee, I don't know, it's family heritage, you know -- I mean, I inted to leave the glorious product of less than two minutes' worth for my grandchildren's grandchildren to hold and treasure...

A jest, to be sure -- if you want it, nick away! I've plenty of others to use.

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[info]sarajayechan
2005-05-21 11:19 pm UTC (link)
XD I wasn't gonna gank it, but...you've tempted me.

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[info]auguris
2005-05-21 11:07 pm UTC (link)
Don't feel dumb--we all screw up. :)

Ironing.

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[info]ladybirdsleeps
2005-05-21 11:58 pm UTC (link)
SPELLING AND GRAMMAR IS SERIOUS BUSINESS!!!11!!!!

That said, you have to be pretty stupid (or drunk) to post an error-ridden entry to a community like fanficrants. Even I have a hard time restraining my mock reflex when people do that, and I think grammar nazism is stupid.

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[info]simkin_mouse
2005-05-22 12:38 am UTC (link)
Actually, word has it that the OP has a disability which affects the overall quality of her written work. Not saying this is valid for all those who suffer from something similar, nor that it should somehow excuse her every error, but it does shed some light on the matter.

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OT.
[info]sir_hellsing
2005-05-22 01:09 am UTC (link)
Kira! Icon love.

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[info]ladybirdsleeps
2005-05-22 01:21 am UTC (link)
I think that makes it even more of a "duh" moment. If you have a problem with spelling, it makes even more sense to use spellcheck before jumping into the water. Otherwise you might as well coat yourself with chum and put on a seal costume.

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[info]melange
2005-05-22 02:05 am UTC (link)
To be fair, most of her errors seemed to be homonym confusion, not misspellings and spellcheck can't tell you which versions of 'your' or 'there' to use.

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[info]ladybirdsleeps
2005-05-22 02:38 am UTC (link)
That's true, but it would have caught "writting", "ideaology", and "thats". Dunno why she didn't at least try. At least then she could say she did.

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[info]dakotapratt
2005-05-22 02:26 am UTC (link)
Grammar nazism is not stupid. It is a way of life.

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[info]jat_sapphire
2005-05-22 12:24 am UTC (link)
What's the deal on the "script" thing anyway? Were the reviewers MSTing?

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[info]sir_hellsing
2005-05-22 12:37 am UTC (link)
No, basically is like the conversation with muses in author's notes except in the reviews.

Chibilurvstar: That was great!!!11! You love Kagome, ne Inu-Yasha?
Inu-Yasha: *blushes*
Darksorrowangstygothic: NUUUU! He loves me! *pounces Inu-Yasha*
Kagome: Baka! He's mine!!!!!!!1
Darksorrowangstygothic: *sticks tongue out*

Like that.

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[info]squib
2005-05-22 03:29 am UTC (link)
Ow.

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[info]sarajayechan
2005-05-22 04:03 am UTC (link)
Aah, such memories. I never went that far, but I recall a few instances.

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[info]dakotapratt
2005-05-22 07:01 pm UTC (link)
*weeps*

I used to do that.

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[info]sir_hellsing
2005-05-22 08:42 pm UTC (link)
Never did, either on reviews, a/n or profile. But I have gotten some of those feedback myself, only in Hellsing fandom (since I don't write Inu-Yasha fic).

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[info]nevadafighter
2005-05-22 04:38 am UTC (link)
I should stay out of these arguments/wanks altogether. My annoyance with people who don't care about being wrong and sometimes looking stupid by being wrong just gets me in trouble.

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[info]selene_avis
2005-05-22 06:39 am UTC (link)
I can understand not liking the muse chats - aren't they against the TOS, anyway - but what's so terrible about a short author's note at the beginning of a chapter?

What I find amusing is the lost irony of it all. There's just something about bitching about muse chats in a post full of grammar errors. Heh.

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[info]rawles
2005-05-22 08:00 am UTC (link)
licks your icon

Mmmmm. Magnificent!

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[info]selene_avis
2005-05-31 09:00 pm UTC (link)
Thanks! Isn't Lionel just a yummy sociopath?

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[info]gutsy_bunny
2005-05-22 07:34 pm UTC (link)
For my part, I was just pointing things out because they were common errors, and since she was emphasizing (or so it seemed to me) that she disliked script-type reviews 'cause she wanted concrit, I thought she might like to know. (Well that and those mistakes just bug me, especially when in all caps.)

Maybe I overreacted, but I was just trying to help...? :\

-codfishbunny on LJ

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[info]sir_hellsing
2005-05-22 08:49 pm UTC (link)
You should have made another rant pointing that out if your intention was truly picking up common mistakes, otherwise it was obnoxious and not helpful (thought the other two were more wanky).

Script reviews are retarded, IMO, because they tell you even less than the 'rite mre plz LOLZ!' spam types and you spend quite the time trying to decipher what the inane ramblings between muses meant.

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