wha....

[roxy]

This is the response I got to Paris, an old Clex story of mine:

Sicko writer. Yuk. :(

This was my response to that comment:

Non-con
Incest
Drugged Sex
Dubious Consent
Prostitution
Alternate Universe
Familial Abuse

Did none of those tags give you any warning of what the subject matter would be? At any rate, thank you for your articulate and concise review of the story.

Normally I don't engage these folks, but that just made me crack up--I'm reading my mail and I burst into laughter when I read that. And then, I got a little bitchy as you can see.

The story isn't the best, I'd be the first to admit it. Plus, it was written back in the day, when you could write stuff that seemed terribly naughty but is really pretty tame by today's standards. I didn't reread the fic--I don't think I could, I mean, it's really, really early fic! As the commenter put it, "yuck." No, pardon me--"Yuk."

If I'd posted it with the manip that inspired the story, I probably would have been able to save this poor person's eyes. :)



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Comments

[tipsy-kitty.livejournal.com]

Oof, comments like that make me want to hide under a rock and stop writing. Good for you for finding the humor and moving on :)

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Ach, I could tell this was someone who had no idea what This Thing of Ours was all about. It's the fandom folks, the ones who write cruel comments designed to hurt, who make me want to go back to bed and pull the covers over my head and stay there forever. :)

[jesseofthenorth.livejournal.com]

Butting in here to say that the way those comments make some writers feel is exactly why when I get something like that on one of my stories I tend to set the troll on fire with a flamethrower. Unsolicited criticism is trashy as hell. Try not to let it get to you. For every dick who has something mean to say there are at least two people who liked what you wrote, and you should keep writing regardless because IT MAKES YOU HAPPY.

[tipsy-kitty.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this boost! But, I'm shy and scared of people, so I'm coming to you for flame help the next time I get trolled :)

My experience on lj has been--if you don't like it (or are lazy :) you just don't comment. AO3 seems to breed more antagonism. It's why I'm extremely hesitant to post anything on tumblr because the reblogging thing makes it easy to expose our fandom quirks to the world, and I just don't need the angst.