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Milkshake Butterfly (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} m_butterfly) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_wank,@ 2006-01-23 23:38:00 |
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"Charlotte Bronte would be disappointed"
It all begins innocently enough whennostalgia_lj posts a short Dr. Who fic based on a dream in her journal--originally friends-locked, but unlocked after recent events. All goes fairly well until spiralsheep comes along and is moved to give concrit, and thedorkygirl, one of the fic's original betas, is moved to respond.
As often happens when two editors meet upon the field of grammar at dawn, wanky hijinks ensue.
After a lengthy debate over such earth-shaking matters as proper capitalization, antecedents, and whether or not "air of determination" is properly a cliché, during which the two parties very politely and formally attempt to verbally stab each other ("Editors and academics don't generally base their linguistic theories on google hits!" "I'm certain that editors and academics do, however, try to back up their statements with some sort of fact/actual detail instead of making sweeping statements."), spiralsheep starts to sigh, and express how bored she is. A lot. Still, the average viewer looking upon this might get the impression these people weren't wild about each other, but everything was reasonably polite and nothing to call wank over, right?
Oh come on. You knew it couldn't possibly be that easy.
spiralsheep decides to publicly comment on the matter in her own journal:
I gave a constructively critical comment to a friend on her latest fan fiction and her batshit insane, 17 year old, American, beta-reader (that's wannabe editor for those of you who don't speak fanfic) has now spent 13 comments trying to convert me to her bad English. Sadly her English is so bad that she doesn't even understand the polite corrections with which I kindly, but stupidly, provided her. One of her mutual lj friends has now turned up and joined in while claiming to be a random passer by. ::headdesk::
The moral of this story: no good deed ever goes unpunished redux.
And then continues on in the comments:
I thought the exchanges were variously interesting, witty, laughable, and batshit insane. This evening (my local time) has given me a better understanding of several aspects of fandom which tend to puzzle me. It also fitted in with my general experience of the day. If you check the post preceeding this one you'll see that I talk tolerantly, possibly even lovingly, of the eccentricity and barkingness of my neighbours. I find people, of all types, endlessly fascinating and your friend is no exception. I can only hope that people allow me the same leeway when I'm taking my turn at being batshit.
thedorkygirl has her own response to that:
"I can only hope that people allow me the same leeway when I'm taking my turn at being batshit."
Dude, I already have.
It all begins innocently enough when
nostalgia_lj posts a short Dr. Who fic based on a dream in her journal--originally friends-locked, but unlocked after recent events. All goes fairly well until spiralsheep comes along and is moved to give concrit, and thedorkygirl, one of the fic's original betas, is moved to respond.As often happens when two editors meet upon the field of grammar at dawn, wanky hijinks ensue.
After a lengthy debate over such earth-shaking matters as proper capitalization, antecedents, and whether or not "air of determination" is properly a cliché, during which the two parties very politely and formally attempt to verbally stab each other ("Editors and academics don't generally base their linguistic theories on google hits!" "I'm certain that editors and academics do, however, try to back up their statements with some sort of fact/actual detail instead of making sweeping statements."), spiralsheep starts to sigh, and express how bored she is. A lot. Still, the average viewer looking upon this might get the impression these people weren't wild about each other, but everything was reasonably polite and nothing to call wank over, right?
Oh come on. You knew it couldn't possibly be that easy.
spiralsheep decides to publicly comment on the matter in her own journal:
I gave a constructively critical comment to a friend on her latest fan fiction and her batshit insane, 17 year old, American, beta-reader (that's wannabe editor for those of you who don't speak fanfic) has now spent 13 comments trying to convert me to her bad English. Sadly her English is so bad that she doesn't even understand the polite corrections with which I kindly, but stupidly, provided her. One of her mutual lj friends has now turned up and joined in while claiming to be a random passer by. ::headdesk::
The moral of this story: no good deed ever goes unpunished redux.
And then continues on in the comments:
I thought the exchanges were variously interesting, witty, laughable, and batshit insane. This evening (my local time) has given me a better understanding of several aspects of fandom which tend to puzzle me. It also fitted in with my general experience of the day. If you check the post preceeding this one you'll see that I talk tolerantly, possibly even lovingly, of the eccentricity and barkingness of my neighbours. I find people, of all types, endlessly fascinating and your friend is no exception. I can only hope that people allow me the same leeway when I'm taking my turn at being batshit.
thedorkygirl has her own response to that:
"I can only hope that people allow me the same leeway when I'm taking my turn at being batshit."
Dude, I already have.
