Fanfic mini-rant
Mar. 6th, 2007 01:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tephra"If you want more write it yourself" is the most annoying response to a "I wish there were more [fill in the blank] fic" ever.
No, not annoying, really fucking irritating. The whole point of reading fan fic (or indeed, any story) is to read something you haven't already thought of.
And the people saying "write it yourself" always come across as elitist snots, just to add to the irritation factor.
Maybe they really mean "maybe if you post some you will encourage someone else to write some too" but until one of them actually says that I'm sticking with my kneejerk reaction of "what an ass" for them.
No, not annoying, really fucking irritating. The whole point of reading fan fic (or indeed, any story) is to read something you haven't already thought of.
And the people saying "write it yourself" always come across as elitist snots, just to add to the irritation factor.
Maybe they really mean "maybe if you post some you will encourage someone else to write some too" but until one of them actually says that I'm sticking with my kneejerk reaction of "what an ass" for them.
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Date: 2007-03-06 10:23 am (UTC)