Someone in LJ posted something about the female pack mentality that had a good line of thought on that.
Though there were some issues in there that I felt one of the comments addressed well.
All right, yes, date and shop and hang out and go to school and save the world from unspeakable demons. You know, I wanna do girlie stuff!
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
P.M. Marc - Jan 11, 2003 7:42:54 pm PST #2616 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Dana - Jan 11, 2003 7:45:16 pm PST #2617 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
People are big crazy.
esse - Jan 11, 2003 7:45:27 pm PST #2618 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Honestly, the only feedback I give is to Buffistas and the people I beta.
I always think I *should* give feedback, but I never do.
Dana - Jan 11, 2003 7:46:31 pm PST #2619 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Try also getting into the discussion as to whether a rec counts as feedback.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2003 7:48:00 pm PST #2620 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Outside of any opinions I might hold on the matter itself, I'm startled that so many people care *so* much, and are so unhesitant to polarize themselves and mischaracterise each other, and just keep carping.
Dana - Jan 11, 2003 7:50:15 pm PST #2621 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm startled that so many people care *so* much, and are so unhesitant to polarize themselves and mischaracterise each other, and just keep carping.
I'm sorry, have you met fandom? That's practically the motto on the fannish coat of arms.
askye - Jan 11, 2003 7:51:16 pm PST #2622 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
I remember how chuffed I felt when I was recced , but it felt weird because she didn't send feedback. And then later I saw something where recc-ing counts as feedback and you shouldn't be greedy enough to want both. And then I felt weird. The more I read and the more I see, the more I like just sitting on the fringes.
P.M. Marc - Jan 11, 2003 7:51:48 pm PST #2623 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm sorry, have you met fandom? That's practically the motto on the fannish coat of arms.
Okay, I now TOTALLY want some one to give me a latin translation so I can design this.
Kristen - Jan 11, 2003 7:52:44 pm PST #2624 of 10000
I find the whole thing odd. When people bitch about not getting feedback, when people bitch about not getting the right kind of feedback, when people bitch about not getting quick enough responses for feedback, when people bitch about someone reccing their fic who didn't send feedback. It's all odd and strange and I don't get it.
And, personally, I consider a rec just as good, if not better, than feedback.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2003 7:54:29 pm PST #2625 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I know, I know.
It's just that I'm looking at, f'rinstance, "but we're wanking" disclaimers, and realising that it's hard to tell which side is taking itself more seriously.
Question: What room is there in fandom for non-ficwriters? I just remembered a fandom quiz from a ways back that ranks you in fandom, but if you've never written fic, it's impossible to place.
I realise that although I barely participate as even a consumer of fic, I have no idea how I'd hear *of* fans in other fandoms if they're not a writer.