I mean, if one likes a story enough to tell other people to read it, why not tell the writer themself?

I guess I could come back and say "Hey--I recced you."

But if they find out I recced them, maybe they didn't need to be told?

They just feel like different urges for me as a consumer.

But then again, I keep watching artists agree on etiquette points on tumblr that mean nothing to mean, and I think maybe I don't have the profile or the volume to understand. I mean, you can repost my picture from scratch if you want, and you can reblog my entry and delete my comments if you want. I seriously don't give a fuck. If I did, I'd not only not put it on tumblr unwatermarked and unsigned, I'd not put it on the internet.

But then again, I keep watching artists agree on etiquette points on tumblr that mean nothing to mean, and I think maybe I don't have the profile or the volume to understand. I mean, you can repost my picture from scratch if you want, and you can reblog my entry and delete my comments if you want. I seriously don't give a fuck. If I did, I'd not only not put it on tumblr unwatermarked and unsigned, I'd not put it on the internet.

Dude, I think the Tumblr "etiquette" is ridiculous. But, err, I also don't think that it's high art to slap your filters on a screenshot or promo pic. SO.

Effing kids on my lawn.

If I wrote for feedback, I would, I suspect, publish more of what I wrote. Between the change in writing climate after the warnings debate, my own anxiety issues, and my general laziness, these days, I write entirely for myself unless it is Yuletide.

That way, I can be as sick and twisted as I like, without ANYONE having a fit about it. Mwhahahaha. (I mean, not that most of my crap is all that twisted or sick. I just don't have the energy to deal with people if they decide they want to tell me I'm doing something WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. Eff that.)

It's very freeing.

The people opining this way include "from scratch" artists and do some amazing work (daunt, for instance), but there are some colouring people and GIFset creators...I know that shit ain't easy--it's a skill and an art--multiple, even. But the amount some of them get bent out of shape over their manipulation other people's frames (and not in a vid sort of way--there's no reordering, syncing to music, etc...)...whoa, nelly.

Never mind some of the wacky kids selling screenshots on deviant art. I want to pimp slap every one of them. And kick them on their way out of fandom until they pass sixteen.

GIFsets are a pain, esp. with the size limits. No lie there.

Never mind some of the wacky kids selling screenshots on deviant art. I want to pimp slap every one of them. And kick them on their way out of fandom until they pass sixteen.

No kidding!

I'm not even going to start on the part where most of the screenshots that the Etiquette Police are screaming about are made from illegally downloaded copies of media.

So, y'know. Pot kettle black, kiddoes.

MY LAWN. GET YER ASSES OFF.

It's true that keeping their size down is an issue, but the editor I was reading said she had a repeatable process for it. So I applaud her for working it out (like the colorists that made their go to filters), but once that is done and you're recognising economies of scale...relax. Shit happens, it's the internet, and losing control of where your picture goes is akin to the big time. This is not like having your book or album pirated.

I unfollowed a few people because of it, and because they were also doing things like reblogging themselves to up their notes (they admitted that much explicitly) and fuming when someone posted their coloured pic completely credited with source URL and everything, because it splits the notes count, and someone might delete the text and.. and.. and..Tumblr's supposed to be fun. You can't trade notes in for cash or orgasms.

Breathe...

and fuming when someone posted their coloured pic completely credited with source URL and everything, because it splits the notes count, and someone might delete the text and.. and.. and

WHAT. Oh good grief, how ridiculous can you get?

In other news, why do people so completely and totally ignore canon when writing? Not big things, like "S7 never happened!" or stuff like that, but things like if a character drinks or not (HINT: if you've been shown the character consuming alcohol more than once, then yes, the character drinks) and little details like that.

And why am I so cheesed off about it in a story where there are worse things to complain about, like the total straightwashing of Irene Adler.

Sigh.

And why am I so cheesed off about it in a story where there are worse things to complain about, like the total straightwashing of Irene Adler.

The straightwashing of Irene is such a enormous and glaring thing that your pedantic brain latched onto something smaller so you wouldn't get fic rage fatigue?

Not fanfic, but I got shamed on tumblr for pinning their pictures on pinterest without crediting. And these are just pictures she is posting from museum websites, not original work. But somehow I was stealing.

Hilariously (to me, at least), someone recently posted a photo of my hands/manicure from the GCS tutorial for the blood spatter manicure. About three notes in on the photo, the GCS fans started calling out the original poster for not not giving me credit or linking to Gothic Charm School.