A couple of things

[brainofck]

30 years from now, my grandchildren, LOTR and SG-1 fans come lately, will be trying to figure out what the HELL I was doing writing hot man on man action when their parents were wee.

Or maybe, 30 years from now I, going on 70, will be trying to remember what the HELL I was doing.

As this is my writing and slashing space, sometimes I feel the need to put these kinds of thoughts here. I vented a little in the spam thread today, and I am leaving myself a few notes.



1. Grrrr. This woman posted a very lovely PWP yesterday. And she keeps saying how she doesn't post to communities because she thinks her fic might be bad. But nearly every person who commented told her they thought her fic was awesome and she should not hesitate to post to communities. But then she says, well, I don't like to put myself forward because what if I suck. Dude. She got a lot of positive reinforcement for that thing she posted yesterday. I know maybe a person lacks confidence, but on the other hand, it sort of rings of false modesty, too.

Heh. When I posted that Morse code thing, I prefaced it by saying "not my best work." I got sooooo many comments on it, lots of people reassuring me that no, it really was good. I felt like I had gone fishing for compliments by making that opening statement. Even though I honestly felt that the story wasn't particularly great, though it had some components worth putting out there. I think in the future, I will not put the self-criticism on the piece. I don't want to be like Miss I-Can't-Post-To-Communities.

I think I am becoming very judgmental in my old age.

[Some discussion ensued, wherein seleneheart and cocoajava gently reminded me that all sorts of fan fiction writers have all sorts of ego and confidence issues. And yet, I remain grumpy.]

2. I'm definitely getting old. princessofg does these great meta pieces where she thinks about slash and "we're not gay" and homophobia, and the interaction of gen and slash and ship fandoms and blah, blah. Very thinky and passionate. [AN: And kudos to her for doing it!] I used to be like that. Now I'm like, you know, fan fic is a passive part of the internet. YOU have to go and find IT. So, if you don't think slash is good because it violates a noromo fandom, or if you don't like Jack/Sam ship because Jack and Daniel are obviously together, or if you don't like slash because OMG THEY ARE NOT GAY, or if you don't like WNG because OMG THAT IS GAY BASHING... Just. Don't. Read. It. Jeez.

See. I told you not to go there...

Comments

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Totally agree with the second point (well, the end of it, not about age :P). I've yet to have to deal with people taking issue with my choice of pairing, but that's because I'm selective about where I post (content-wise). Similarly, I strongly dislike Jack/Sam, so I don't read it. Common sense, yeah?

And I would write meta, because I think about this stuff, but I a) have no time and b) know that no one will read it. *shrugs* Such is life.

[brainofck.livejournal.com]

I bet you would write meta. :D

And definitely common sense. I mean, even if you accidentally read Jack/Sam, you can, you know, stop reading. Dude. :)

It's good to post where your stuff is wanted, though. Save yourself alot of aggravation and trolls. I have never had a single one, except people I know in RL, and one of those was totally accidental. *snickers at accidental troll*

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Heh. :P And what makes you say that?

Yes! No one's threatening your family if you don't finish that [fill in pairing] [fill in kink] fic, now are they?

I almost wish I'd get a troll (on the fic, not the RL, kthx), just because it would prove that I'm good enough for people to hate me. :D Seriously, though, the only people who've read my stuff without coming in as slash fans came out as slash fans. Uh, no pun intended there.

[brainofck.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmm. I have journals you don't know about. Perhaps your fantasy troll will materialize... :p

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Ahaha. How sweet of you.

Yeah, I really don't want to write this paper...