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May I Please Speak to the Complaints Department ([info]ladybirdsleeps) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2005-07-10 15:53:00
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Entry tags:karthur strikes again!, sockpuppets

"Write what I want you to, damnit!"
swift_wind has a complaint:

Hey fanbrats!

If you are going to write a really long story with lots of chapters then you need to stick with it. Stop writing side stories and stories for other fandoms before you finish the one you are writing. It makes you look really stupid and shows all you want is a quick review fix to boost you're already inflated egos.

Elite Suikoden fanficcers I'm looking at YOU.
The first one to guess what community she posted it in and how many "bitch, please" comments there are wins. No cheating and looking at the link first!

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[info]limyaael
2005-07-11 12:00 am UTC (link)
[info]fanficrants?

And, um. This is harder. Three?

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(no subject) - [info]limyaael, 2005-07-11 12:06 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ladybirdsleeps, 2005-07-11 12:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]limyaael, 2005-07-11 12:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]telophase, 2005-07-11 01:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]limyaael, 2005-07-11 01:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]telophase, 2005-07-11 06:48 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]limyaael, 2005-07-11 07:28 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]telophase, 2005-07-11 08:49 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]limyaael, 2005-07-11 09:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]telophase, 2005-07-12 12:53 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]the_mouse, 2005-07-12 05:46 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]telophase, 2005-07-12 05:49 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]the_mouse, 2005-07-12 08:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]telophase, 2005-07-12 10:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mistressrenet, 2005-07-11 04:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sarajayechan, 2005-07-11 12:29 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2005-07-11 12:03 am UTC (link)
The second I saw the OP's icon, I knew what was coming. This time's no different.

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[info]the_wanlorn
2005-07-11 12:03 am UTC (link)
(reposted cuz I'm stupid and posted before I was done. Also, JF does that funky-fun delete thingy now, too? *squee!*)

What if we're actively participating in conversations? Can we still guess? >D

I'm actually honestly wondering if this person has ever wrote "a really long story with lots of chapters" before. And if hesheit has and managed to do it without burning out and taking a break to write a few unrelated things? I'm not sure what I do, but I do something, cuz that's amazing.

But maybe in herhisits world writer's block doesn't exist except in bad writers. ;-)

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(no subject) - [info]april_hurst, 2005-07-11 03:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]the_wanlorn, 2005-07-11 03:49 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]the_wanlorn, 2005-07-11 03:52 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2005-07-11 12:04 am UTC (link)
This mouse is not certain, but wasnt this swift_Wind person mocked here before?

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-07-11 12:30 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-07-11 01:22 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]replica, 2005-07-11 01:30 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]im_nucking_futs, 2005-07-11 03:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]replica, 2005-07-11 03:17 am UTC

[info]alyse
2005-07-11 12:05 am UTC (link)
Okay. Not understanding the rage in the replies here, but then my default setting is 'don't post WIPs'. Because, really, if you post unfinished works that take months to complete, maybe, just maybe, you should have finished them or as near as damn it before you started posting?

Ooops. There I go wanking all over the furniture again, and it does stain so.

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(no subject) - [info]replica, 2005-07-11 12:07 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]alyse, 2005-07-11 12:13 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-07-11 12:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]snowevingerhut, 2005-07-11 01:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]frau_eva, 2005-07-11 02:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ladybirdsleeps, 2005-07-11 12:22 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]silrana, 2005-07-11 06:17 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]xero_sky, 2005-07-11 03:17 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]djcati, 2005-07-11 04:43 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]knightrider, 2005-07-11 06:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]iczer6, 2005-07-11 07:49 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-07-11 08:57 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]toxictattoo, 2005-07-11 04:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]nostalgia, 2005-07-13 05:29 am UTC

[info]made_by_kali
2005-07-11 12:09 am UTC (link)
Since I was one of the first to "bitch, please" I shouldn't guess. I just seemed to me like the OP had entitlement issues.

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I'm betting it's a grudge rant...
[info]borus_redrum
2005-07-11 12:11 am UTC (link)
She has been lashing out against members of the Suikoden fandom ever since she was told they would not post her fics on a moderated archive. You may remember her "rant" about [info]karthur a month or so ago...

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Re: I'm betting it's a grudge rant... - [info]sarajayechan, 2005-07-11 12:34 am UTC
Re: I'm betting it's a grudge rant... - [info]kalicephirot, 2005-07-11 12:43 am UTC
Re: I'm betting it's a grudge rant... - [info]eilan, 2005-07-11 10:17 am UTC
Re: I'm betting it's a grudge rant... - [info]sir_hellsing, 2005-07-11 11:19 am UTC
Poor fanficrants~
[info]sarajayechan
2005-07-11 12:28 am UTC (link)
*smirks*

Like I said of the yaoi wank from 2 days ago, can I call em or what?

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[info]kalicephirot
2005-07-11 12:41 am UTC (link)
Could it be that swift_wind is the new incarnation of zexen_fan?

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(no subject) - [info]devils_devotion, 2005-07-17 05:48 am UTC

[info]miss_kitten
2005-07-11 12:55 am UTC (link)
Dear She-Ra,

Perhaps in the future you should keep your horse away from the DSL line. It's not hard to set a network password, and failing that, I'm fairly certain that the clacking of hooves against the keyboard is a real tip-off as to Little Mr. Opinion's whereabouts.

Rein it in, lady.

KTHNX,
Miss Kitten

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-07-11 01:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]artimusdin, 2005-07-11 05:32 am UTC

[info]smo
2005-07-11 01:35 am UTC (link)
Man. That there's a prime example of why I desubscribed to that group.

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(no subject) - [info]toxictattoo, 2005-07-11 05:11 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]smo, 2005-07-12 12:56 am UTC

[info]faultypremise
2005-07-11 01:42 am UTC (link)
Sometimes I'm tempted to euthanize that community.

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-07-11 01:56 am UTC
(no subject) - bankai, 2005-07-11 02:21 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]faultypremise, 2005-07-11 02:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cat_mcdougall, 2005-07-11 02:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]made_by_kali, 2005-07-11 03:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cat_mcdougall, 2005-07-11 03:03 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ladybirdsleeps, 2005-07-11 02:42 am UTC
(no subject) - bankai, 2005-07-11 02:43 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]vasaris, 2005-07-12 09:28 pm UTC
I see what you mean... - (Anonymous), 2005-07-11 04:22 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]etcetera_cat, 2005-07-11 02:55 pm UTC

[info]eilan
2005-07-11 01:59 am UTC (link)
Is LJ near-down for anyone else?

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(no subject) - bankai, 2005-07-11 02:22 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]eilan, 2005-07-11 02:48 am UTC
(no subject) - bankai, 2005-07-11 03:03 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]eilan, 2005-07-11 03:06 am UTC

[info]ruby_tuesday
2005-07-11 03:34 am UTC (link)
Wasn't this person wanked before?

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(no subject) - [info]the_wanlorn, 2005-07-11 03:53 am UTC

[info]made_by_kali
2005-07-11 04:32 am UTC (link)
swift_wind has been banned from the community for apparently grudge wanking. No more wanky fun from them I guess.

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(Anonymous)
2005-07-11 04:49 am UTC (link)
Yeah, many WIPers are pretty much review whores with spotty track records of story completion, I agree. The secret is, don't read a WIP if these characteristics bug you. It's just that simple.

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(no subject) - [info]pyratejenni, 2005-07-11 05:41 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-07-11 06:15 am UTC
This calls for a drinking game.
[info]pyratejenni
2005-07-11 05:36 am UTC (link)
One for every "Bitch, please."

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Re: This calls for a drinking game. - [info]sesana, 2005-07-11 06:40 am UTC
Re: This calls for a drinking game. - (Anonymous), 2005-07-11 01:58 pm UTC
Re: This calls for a drinking game. - [info]baskinglizard, 2005-07-11 07:56 pm UTC
Re: This calls for a drinking game. - [info]sarajayechan, 2005-07-13 04:27 am UTC
Re: This calls for a drinking game. - (Anonymous), 2005-07-11 02:59 pm UTC
Re: This calls for a drinking game. - [info]the_clansmen, 2005-07-12 08:01 pm UTC

[info]eilan
2005-07-11 10:16 am UTC (link)
So what exactly does she think about people who leave fandom and fanfic writing with three WiPs that will never be completed?

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(no subject) - [info]etcetera_cat, 2005-07-11 02:54 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]eilan, 2005-07-11 07:30 pm UTC

[info]stinkwrinkle
2005-07-12 04:52 pm UTC (link)
sadly. I am guilty of this on a grand scale. I have no excuse but laziness for my two huge fics that people are WAITING for updates on.

But the other thing is this. I have a Pitch Black fic that's only four chapters, and that's all it was meant to be. And people email me asking for more. "RITE MOR PLEZZZZZZ!!111o1on1" "there is no more" 'WHATTTT???A?A?A"

Sometimes it ends where it's supposed to end. Stories don't go on indefinitely.

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(no subject) - [info]marylake, 2005-07-12 08:15 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]vasaris, 2005-07-12 09:30 pm UTC

[info]the_clansmen
2005-07-12 08:00 pm UTC (link)
It's like Clue!

I'll take idiot in fandomrants with a really stupid post.

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(Anonymous)
2005-07-12 09:05 pm UTC (link)
People take fan fiction way too seriously. What the hell?

For me, fic is a hobby, done in my spare time - though yes, I do try to do as good a job as I possibly can (hence, this is not quite as dramatic a statement as someone who cannot write worth terds whining "it's just fan fic!"). There is no money being made, that is for certain, and while I can appreciate not leaving someone hanging, real life happens. As does writer's block and any number of things. I could just churn out crap to be "finished" with it all but I think that's a worse "sin" than walking away from a major WiP for a while when burn-out or whatever occurs.

No matter what, the bottom line and the golden rule is indeed "don't like, don't read". Won't hurt my feelings any.

P.S. If switching gears while letting one idea marinade in the brain stew a little is review whoring, I've failed MISERABLY. One has to get reviews for this to happen, no? Just checking.

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(Anonymous)
2005-07-12 09:05 pm UTC (link)
People take fan fiction way too seriously. What the hell?

For me, fic is a hobby, done in my spare time - though yes, I do try to do as good a job as I possibly can (hence, this is not quite as dramatic a statement as someone who cannot write worth terds whining "it's just fan fic!"). There is no money being made, that is for certain, and while I can appreciate not leaving someone hanging, real life happens. As does writer's block and any number of things. I could just churn out crap to be "finished" with it all but I think that's a worse "sin" than walking away from a major WiP for a while when burn-out or whatever occurs.

No matter what, the bottom line and the golden rule is indeed "don't like, don't read". Won't hurt my feelings any.

P.S. If switching gears while letting one idea marinade in the brain stew a little is review whoring, I've failed MISERABLY. One has to get reviews for this to happen, no? Just checking.

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(no subject) - [info]bakunina, 2005-07-12 09:44 pm UTC

[info]devils_devotion
2005-07-17 05:49 am UTC (link)
...If I wrote for Suikoden, this girl would eat me alive. ^^;; *hastily shoves away 26-part WIP* But I rather think a game like that calls for WIPs, no?

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[info]fandom_bitch
2005-07-18 06:42 am UTC (link)
Well, I can see the OP's point to some extent, but the way they put it is a bit obnoxious.

I'm an editor for a p'n'p fanclub and I won't accept long multi-part stories unless they are completed in first draft. There are too many folks who start major projects in the gropu and then abandon them midway or near the end and if we invest in printing the stories as they're being written, it can become rather crazy and confusing if they suddenly stop in the middle.

However, this also means the writers can take however long they want to write the first draft, we just won't print it until it's finished in at least first draft (and we will print parts as they are edited and refined).

And I personally refuse to post any of my fics as I write them. I finish the thing in first draft first, then bring them up to snuff in the next few drafts and then print them in parts. It's much easier that way. I've done it once, and that was just a really lucky story. I'm not comfortable doing the WIP thing.

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