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Bartleby ([info]gal_montag) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2006-05-11 18:29:00
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Over at FFR [info]annwyd posts that writing a pairing debunking fanfic is a waste of time. People agree until [info]mhari announces her intention to write one anyway, which predictably, [info]annwyd thinks is totally going to suck.

It's tiny yet, but it's still pretty new.

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(Anonymous)
2006-05-12 03:06 am UTC (link)
Quick question! Is this the same Mhari that used to write X-Men porn with an enthusiastic OC that beguiled all who saw her and drove them into a sexual frenzy? 'Cause if so I question her ability to debunk my love of any pairing.

--MorriMouse

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[info]gal_montag
2006-05-12 03:07 am UTC (link)
You know, I don't know. I haven't been in the X-Men fandom in a very long time.

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[info]manon
2006-05-12 03:08 am UTC (link)
*laughs* No, that wouldn't be me. I'm strictly an obscure litfandom girl.

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(no subject) - [info]livviebway, 2006-05-12 03:29 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]manon, 2006-05-12 03:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]livviebway, 2006-05-12 03:38 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]gal_montag, 2006-05-12 03:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]livviebway, 2006-05-12 03:42 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]gal_montag, 2006-05-12 03:45 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]livviebway, 2006-05-12 03:46 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]manon, 2006-05-12 03:41 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]livviebway, 2006-05-12 03:42 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]annwyd, 2006-05-12 04:06 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]manon, 2006-05-12 04:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]annwyd, 2006-05-12 04:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]telesilla, 2006-05-12 10:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2006-05-12 12:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]manon, 2006-05-12 06:30 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2006-05-12 09:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]fernwithy, 2006-05-12 06:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]hyaenid, 2006-05-12 04:28 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]manon, 2006-05-12 04:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]orphanannie, 2006-05-12 11:06 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]orphanannie, 2006-05-12 11:07 am UTC

[info]mindset
2006-05-12 03:15 am UTC (link)
That would be [info]marysia, actually. Mhairie was the name of her OC. :)

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(no subject) - [info]gal_montag, 2006-05-12 03:34 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-12 03:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mindset, 2006-05-12 04:53 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]gal_montag, 2006-05-12 05:58 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mindset, 2006-05-12 07:39 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sailorjpg, 2006-05-13 05:22 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sailorjpg, 2006-05-13 05:29 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kalicephirot, 2006-05-13 11:19 am UTC

[info]darkeyes
2006-05-12 04:43 am UTC (link)
What, you mean she wrote about Jean?

Oh you said OC, oh well, carry on then.

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(no subject) - [info]mindset, 2006-05-12 04:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]darkeyes, 2006-05-12 07:28 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kalicephirot, 2006-05-13 11:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mindset, 2006-05-14 06:09 am UTC

[info]figgy
2006-05-12 05:19 pm UTC (link)
OH GOD I REMEMBER HER.

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[info]ilpalazzo
2006-05-12 03:08 am UTC (link)
Dude, pairings that won't work are the best kind! It's when people get serious and earnest about it that eveything goes straight to hell and Domo-kun maturbates. Or however that works.

Pence x Tron = awesome.

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[info]gal_montag
2006-05-12 03:39 am UTC (link)
And kittens die.

Ron/Draco = best love/hate relationship evar! Even though I've never been able to write it. *woe*

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-12 04:26 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]gal_montag, 2006-05-12 05:51 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]felinephoenix, 2006-05-12 04:28 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ilpalazzo, 2006-05-12 04:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]gal_montag, 2006-05-12 05:54 am UTC

[info]khym_chanur
2006-05-12 07:11 am UTC (link)
Every time Domo-kun masturbates, kittens kill a god?

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-13 08:26 am UTC

dracothelizard
2006-05-12 06:59 pm UTC (link)
Crackpairings for the win!

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[info]manon
2006-05-12 03:10 am UTC (link)
Damn, you guys are quick. *facepalm*

And yeah, guilty as charged, I just hate the "DON'T EVER WRITE THIS MKAY" rants. Sweeping generalizations ahoy!

But I'm done now. *zips up pants*

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[info]seraphtrevs
2006-05-12 03:35 am UTC (link)
I didn't think you were all that wanky. I mean, I probably would have just rolled my eyes and not said anything. But I do agree that "Don't ever write X 'cause X always sucks" is pretty silly.

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[info]gal_montag
2006-05-12 03:38 am UTC (link)
I don't think you were particularly wanky, she could have responded with a little more decorum.

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(no subject) - [info]annwyd, 2006-05-12 03:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]gal_montag, 2006-05-12 03:58 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]randomsome1, 2006-05-12 05:27 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ladybirdsleeps, 2006-05-12 05:37 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sorchar, 2006-05-12 08:28 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]xero_sky, 2006-05-12 06:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mochibuni, 2006-05-12 07:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sprungtodrown, 2006-05-12 04:10 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kalicephirot, 2006-05-13 11:17 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2006-05-12 04:13 am UTC (link)
Looks kinda done to me. And... VERY small.

Is this really worth being posted...?

-Emi

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[info]gal_montag
2006-05-12 04:18 am UTC (link)
*shrug* It was still going when I posted it.

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(no subject) - [info]agent_hyatt, 2006-05-12 05:33 am UTC

[info]squeakthemouse
2006-05-12 06:22 am UTC (link)
Whoa... this is history, guys. The first time I saw a wank on my flist before it came here.

Pretty small wank, but funny.

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[info]mochibuni
2006-05-12 07:16 am UTC (link)
Aww, but anti-Harmony fic is so much fun.

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[info]narcissam
2006-05-12 07:25 am UTC (link)
I can't hear that song these days without thinking of that wank.

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(no subject) - [info]mochibuni, 2006-05-12 02:36 pm UTC

[info]life_on_mars
2006-05-12 10:06 am UTC (link)
writing a pairing debunking fanfic is a waste of time

I have pretty much no opinion on the subject under discussion, but I want to stick up for every fan's right to waste time! I'm currently writing a fic about a pairing that 99% of people tell me just isn't viable because the characters have no charisma and no chemistry and I'm sure they'd say I was wasting my time doing so, but that isn't going to stop me. When it's finished, I'll make it generally available in the hope of reaching the 1% who agree with me.

I don't actually see the point of writing something just to debunk someone else's pet theory (in a fandom context, anyway), but I can sympathise with anyone who finds that they can't not write a given story even if they realise it isn't going to be popular. There are times when the characters insist on having their own way and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it. Besides, always writing what you know is going to be popular seems like a bit of a sell-out to me.

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Now with correct spelling
[info]iczer6
2006-05-12 10:37 am UTC (link)
I think the OP used the wrong terms here.

I think they meant to say 'pairing bashing' fics and I agree with them.

I mean it's one thing to write a fic about a relationship not working out, heck it'd be nice if fandom would acknowledge that not every relationship is True Love, and sometimes there's a reason why we aren't with our high school sweethearts.

But if all you're going to do is rag on pairing because you don't like it, then yeah it might be better to hold off on the fic.

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Re: Now with correct spelling - [info]mookie, 2006-05-15 02:02 am UTC

[info]gal_montag
2006-05-12 06:06 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, word, pretty much.

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[info]lady7jane
2006-05-12 12:51 pm UTC (link)
Pairing bashing fics are not a waste of time. They are an important weapon in the ship wars.

And anyway, posting in ffr and accusing others of wasting their time? Okay then.

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(no subject) - [info]miss_padfoot, 2006-05-12 06:04 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]gal_montag, 2006-05-12 06:21 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]miss_padfoot, 2006-05-12 06:22 pm UTC

[info]shaggydogstail
2006-05-12 01:39 pm UTC (link)
Duh, of course pairing debunking fanfic is a waste of time. All fanfiction is a waste of time--that's why people like it, as it's more fun to waste time than do sensible stuff.

Writing fic out of spite (for a ship or character) can be pretty wanky, but it's not as wanky as saying that all fics involving any given pairing must be supportive of that pairing or they'll automatically suck. I belong to a comm devoted to break-up fics of a pairing I dislike and, yeah, there is some atrocious fic there, but some of it is actually pretty good. (I find the difference between the wanky and non-wanky fics, as is so often the case in fandom, depends largely on whether or not the author has a sense of humour.)

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(no subject) - [info]iczer6, 2006-05-13 05:41 am UTC

[info]stella_polaris
2006-05-12 03:23 pm UTC (link)
I'd agree with whoever it was that said they weren't being that wanky. Has F_W's standards lowered?

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(no subject) - [info]panthea, 2006-05-12 06:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]gal_montag, 2006-05-12 06:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]stella_polaris, 2006-05-12 11:57 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]gal_montag, 2006-05-13 01:08 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-12 08:17 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2006-05-12 04:39 pm UTC (link)
I love pairings that supposedly can't be written. Where's the fun in the umpteenth fic about everybody's favorite UST couple? Mulder/Scully, Schmulder/Schcully, I say.

Giles/Dawn, Starbuck/Adama, that's where the challenge is.

- mad_with_july on lj

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