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

[rednihilist.livejournal.com]

I don't even reply, just delete and brood the rest of the night. Mine for one of my Colin Luthor stories just said, "Kinda faggish, you know." Ok? Correction, dear reader, really really GAY! Like, gay on top of gay with a dash of gay gay gay sprinkled on top. The epithet is what's probably supposed to piss me off & it does, but what gets me is the "you know" bit. Is that a conversation starter? Are we debating the veracity of the statement? Is it Valley Girl Speak? All I picture in my head is some blonde WASP with a cocktail in hand saying to her frenemies, "Kinda faggish, you know," and then tittering drunkenly into her fake boobs.

In short: people AARRRRRGH!!!!!

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Yep, those are the sort of comments people are getting. Those aren't fans, those are people who really have no idea what this is all about.

I wish I could remember who posted the article about a class in fanfic, where part of the course requirement was to read and comment on fanfic. The comments weren't examined--they just had to comment, period. So, you have a lot of people who don't get it, taking what they think is an easy class becaue fanfic? Ha-Ha! Plus, they're no doubt thrilled with the added bonus of getting credit for being a dick to faceless strangers. I'll bet they pass the word on to their small-minded friends, so they can come in and be obnoxious to strangers as well.

It's probably best not to respond to those, but you have to remember, they are not the people who count, not at all. We writing to like-minded folks, not the world at large.