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The Mad Bishounen ([info]jkefka) wrote in [info]unfunnybusiness,
@ 2009-06-29 17:16:00


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Warnings Wank 2: Electric Clusterfuck
This shit be ugly y'all.

Following the previous 1000 comment unfunnybusiness post there have been some further entries to the fail-lympics, and to make things slightly easier and spare [info]doriangray's inbox I'm making a new post.


First, an update that didn't make it into the original post: [info]wistfuljane posts an open letter to zvi, thanks to [info]ingrid for linking it. There is, naturally, more wank in the comments.

Now for some new stuff. From [info]wank_report, the mousies found a couple of new posts on the issue, each one with its own wank. The first definitely has more than the second, starting with a lovely quote in the post:

"2. If you're that mentally and emotionally fragile, you probably shouldn't be reading fic at all. Or watching television. Or reading regular novels. And for god's sake, you'd better get off the internet right now."

That turns into a nice little teal deer wankfest in the comments.

There is some voice of reason in both posts. It is far too dilute to be of any good.

Finally, we have an added enormous clusterfuck inside the house. [info]esorlehcar and [info]oulangi get into a monstrously ugly fight in the comments of the first post. I don't even know, kids, I really don't.


And that's the ugliness. Anyone else has major developments they want to link put 'em in the comments, I'll try to keep up but I make no guarantees.

ETA 1: [info]agent_hyatt reports further wank inside the house. On a completely ADD note, I really need to figure out if I can do that Il Pallazzo cosplay.....

ETA 2: [info]caoilainn drops us a couple more links with plenty of wank to go around. Enormous clusterfuck is ENORMOUS.

ETA 3: More from inside the house, courtesy of [info]miss_padfoot. Here it's [info]misswindy talking about potential connections with racefail and setting off another hoard of teal deer.

ETA 4: A couple fresh links for you courtesy of [info]kelmendi and [info]esclaramonde! Aukestrel puts up an apology/flounce and zvi puts up what I might even call a genuine apology.

ETA 5: [info]sparklepuss brings us one more passenger on the failboat. ETA 5.5: And another.


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[info]frequentmouse
2009-06-30 05:51 pm UTC (link)
They write about it, but they can't read it.

*raises hand again*

I have two long stories, one of which is three chapters from being finished at about 22 chapters, the other of which was finished three years ago at 75 chapters, neither of which I can bear to read. I got triggered by the whole environment of the WIP and the second one includes some abuse which I know is coming and can't bear to think about.

Don Juan talks about being "defeated by clarity" and I always rejected the idea, but understanding clearly where some of my ideas come from and where they're going has pretty much stopped me writing fic. It took me several years after reading The Artist's Way to be able to write a fucking grocery list, so I shouldn't be surprised that online discussions about writing should shut me down.

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[info]rodo
2009-06-30 06:00 pm UTC (link)
I'm one of the few persons who rarely write what they would read. And I'm struggling with one of my fics because I put a character in a similar situation to where I am now (it wasn't like that when I planned the fic and I only noticed a month ago). It's a bit too close to home at the moment. On the one hand, I can totally feel what he would be feeling, they only question is whether I can communicate that and distance myself enough. Hopefully my betas will notice. If I ever manage to continue writing.

Writing and reading are also totally different processes for me. As a writer, I am entirely in control of the situation and know everything. I am God, in relation to my characters. As a reader, I don't have that control at all. I'm with the characters, maybe I am the characters. Whatever happens to them feels much closer to me.

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[info]frequentmouse
2009-06-30 06:44 pm UTC (link)
Oh, yeah. When I write, the story is in charge, and thngs happen because they have to, to keep the story moving. When I read, I'm paying a lot more attention to how the characters feel and react.

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