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kat8chaOkay, so making that comment was stupid, and it'll probably get ignored. Hell it might get deleted for all I know. 'Flamers be laughed at and chucked out window' and all that. It's just... it's one of those things that makes me TWITCH. I'll be the first to admit that there is SUCH a thing as BAD FIC in the world. I am also the first to tell someone when they say 'omg I write bad fic' that there is NO such thing as bad fic. I don't think anyone should feel bad about their writing. FORMS OF SELF EXPRESSION ARE NOT TO BE KICKED ABOUT LIKE YOUR LITTLE BROTHER'S SOCCER BALL.
Okay, so you put fic out there and you know you run the chance of being hurt, it's just like when you walk out your front door in the morning you know that you could get slapped by your mail man or something. Or it's more like you know that you might get stung by a bee or something. The problem is some people are allergic to bee stings and can die from them. I'm not saying that you bitching out a fic could KILL someone, though if they're depressed and you just shot down their one window to happiness it could, but still it's just not nice!
Maybe I had the phrase 'if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all' ground into me one too many times. Maybe that's why I don't immediately look at a pairing I don't like and go 'ew!' and say 'omg you write that you must be EW!' It's like... I'm not a TezuRyo fan. That doesn't mean I think all TezuRyo's crap. I've read a LOT of good Pillar pair fics. Just cause I don't LIKE a pairing doesn't mean I won't read it either. And I don't unnecessarily spam or mock people just because I disapprove of their pairing. I don't go on my LJ and rant 'omg ____ is taking over the fandom! ~WHINE WHINE BITCH BITCH~'. I don't complain about people writing certain genres like 'angst should NEVER be done in PoT' or 'how can this person FLUFF with this pair? OMG It's SOOO obvious they HATE each other'. Or in reality 'stop writing deathfic, oh baby, oh baby' would be my most likely rant. But I've read GOOD death fic. It exists. It's heart rending and lovely and sad.
I would never come to my journal and write 'Tachibana would never sleep with An' or something because I'm just like 'omg HET'. I like het, I approve of het. I don't make posts like 'I just read this fic and it was SUCH a stinker and it was like ______' or '____ can't write worth SHIT and I TOTALLY ragged on her!' Maybe it's cause I don't have an LJ posse to bring down on someone, but if I did I STILL wouldn't use it!.
I really like RPS, but you have to take things with A GRAIN OF SALT. And by that I mean you realize that these are REAL BOYS and real boys are NOT wind up toys. But also this is FICTION and guess what, you can do WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT WITH FICTION.
If I wanted to, I could write George Bush banging Al Gore in the Oval Office. If I WANTED to I could write Ghandi blowing an english guy. If I WANTED to I could script a tragic love story between Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy.
But I like writing sex with cute Japanese boys who I know next to nothing about. It means that what I learn is both translated and occasionally hear say. It also goes through several different hands and mouths that change it to what the finished project is. It's a really big game of Telephone people! You interpret and mislead! Plus, Japanese is a language that is WAY different from English! ANYTHING that gets translated is going to get screwed up!
Also, they're BOYS. Sure, they're boys in Musical Theater (trust me, gayer then pianists) but a lot of them are Actors or Dancers or whatnot as their primary occupation. My little sister always makes these comments about 'what would they do if they knew what you wrote?' and I flash to the Weasley Twin's actors from the HP movies holding up signs reading 'TWINS AGAINST TWINCEST'. Which was, yes, after some fan showed them Fred/George twincest stuff. I have no doubt the boys go >< about stuff like this existing, hell they might laugh it off and joke about it, but still, I don't think this type of thing is REAL. And I LIKE people who like other pairings! Sure! I'm all about ShiroAi, but hey, you've SEEN my fics, I pair him with lots of people. Heck, I'd write other pairings if I could get up the urge! I don't much like Katou/Shirota but that's just me. >< And the fact that Katou flinched when Shirota tried to kiss him in the backstage.Shirota is SO the gayest boy in that cast.
....anyway....
I totally ran out of steam.
In conclusion 'if you don't have something nice to say don't say anything at all', 'don't kick people while they're down', hmm, 'My name is Bob and I'm a Slashaholic', and 'kitty finally got fed up and ranted about people ranting.... hasn't she done this before?'
Now let's all join hands and sing Kumbaya.
Okay, so you put fic out there and you know you run the chance of being hurt, it's just like when you walk out your front door in the morning you know that you could get slapped by your mail man or something. Or it's more like you know that you might get stung by a bee or something. The problem is some people are allergic to bee stings and can die from them. I'm not saying that you bitching out a fic could KILL someone, though if they're depressed and you just shot down their one window to happiness it could, but still it's just not nice!
Maybe I had the phrase 'if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all' ground into me one too many times. Maybe that's why I don't immediately look at a pairing I don't like and go 'ew!' and say 'omg you write that you must be EW!' It's like... I'm not a TezuRyo fan. That doesn't mean I think all TezuRyo's crap. I've read a LOT of good Pillar pair fics. Just cause I don't LIKE a pairing doesn't mean I won't read it either. And I don't unnecessarily spam or mock people just because I disapprove of their pairing. I don't go on my LJ and rant 'omg ____ is taking over the fandom! ~WHINE WHINE BITCH BITCH~'. I don't complain about people writing certain genres like 'angst should NEVER be done in PoT' or 'how can this person FLUFF with this pair? OMG It's SOOO obvious they HATE each other'. Or in reality 'stop writing deathfic, oh baby, oh baby' would be my most likely rant. But I've read GOOD death fic. It exists. It's heart rending and lovely and sad.
I would never come to my journal and write 'Tachibana would never sleep with An' or something because I'm just like 'omg HET'. I like het, I approve of het. I don't make posts like 'I just read this fic and it was SUCH a stinker and it was like ______' or '____ can't write worth SHIT and I TOTALLY ragged on her!' Maybe it's cause I don't have an LJ posse to bring down on someone, but if I did I STILL wouldn't use it!.
I really like RPS, but you have to take things with A GRAIN OF SALT. And by that I mean you realize that these are REAL BOYS and real boys are NOT wind up toys. But also this is FICTION and guess what, you can do WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT WITH FICTION.
If I wanted to, I could write George Bush banging Al Gore in the Oval Office. If I WANTED to I could write Ghandi blowing an english guy. If I WANTED to I could script a tragic love story between Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy.
But I like writing sex with cute Japanese boys who I know next to nothing about. It means that what I learn is both translated and occasionally hear say. It also goes through several different hands and mouths that change it to what the finished project is. It's a really big game of Telephone people! You interpret and mislead! Plus, Japanese is a language that is WAY different from English! ANYTHING that gets translated is going to get screwed up!
Also, they're BOYS. Sure, they're boys in Musical Theater (trust me, gayer then pianists) but a lot of them are Actors or Dancers or whatnot as their primary occupation. My little sister always makes these comments about 'what would they do if they knew what you wrote?' and I flash to the Weasley Twin's actors from the HP movies holding up signs reading 'TWINS AGAINST TWINCEST'. Which was, yes, after some fan showed them Fred/George twincest stuff. I have no doubt the boys go >< about stuff like this existing, hell they might laugh it off and joke about it, but still, I don't think this type of thing is REAL. And I LIKE people who like other pairings! Sure! I'm all about ShiroAi, but hey, you've SEEN my fics, I pair him with lots of people. Heck, I'd write other pairings if I could get up the urge! I don't much like Katou/Shirota but that's just me. >< And the fact that Katou flinched when Shirota tried to kiss him in the backstage.
....anyway....
I totally ran out of steam.
In conclusion 'if you don't have something nice to say don't say anything at all', 'don't kick people while they're down', hmm, 'My name is Bob and I'm a Slashaholic', and 'kitty finally got fed up and ranted about people ranting.... hasn't she done this before?'
Now let's all join hands and sing Kumbaya.
