Wherein Naphy Somehow Ties Fandom to Howler Monkeys, Underwear, and Celery
-Waves an initial hello to the talented Big Name Fans on her F-list, none of the following of which applies to them-
There are many, many rants and instructional essays on how to make friends with BNFs/become a BNF/survive being a BNF/tell if you are a BNF/Cassie Claire.
But what if, like me, you're too lazy indifferent bunny-enslaved 'cautious' ( Read more... )
There are many, many rants and instructional essays on how to make friends with BNFs/become a BNF/survive being a BNF/tell if you are a BNF/Cassie Claire.
But what if, like me, you're too lazy indifferent bunny-enslaved 'cautious' ( Read more... )
And I still like Cassie Claire, so there. I'm not giving into peer pressure. I like what I like, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. And please, I don't want to hear, "Do you know she like plagiarized her entire stories?" because I am perfectly aware of the parts she didn't invent, and I don't think it qualifies as plagiarism, and I still like her work. In fact, I was mad that she gave into pressure and took a lot of the quotes out, crediting the few that she left in, (the crediting I'm fine with, it was the taking out that bugged me) and madder still that someone whined on her original novel's Amazon page that she never took quotes out and never went back and credited. How can someone go through so much trouble hounding this woman, and still not know what the fuck they're talking about?
The same person bitched about how Cassie should apologize. Excuse me? Because Cassie is the one with nothing better to do than heckle a perfect stranger's professional career over a fanfiction faux pas? This person reminded me of Tritter. Just wanted to bring the mighty down low. Didn't give a fuck about actions or words.
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Meh. I have to say from my end of things that any brushes I've had with BNFdom have alternately amused and disturbed me. The Furuba story is my closest experience to actual BNFdom and, while the death threats amused me, I'm not sure that I would want a steady diet of them :) I suppose BNFdom could go well, but I rather like being obscure :)
And I still like Cassie Claire, so there.
I actually feel a bit for the poor woman since she is the focus of *so many* of the BNF rants (I guess my sarcasm didn't come across clearly in my opening). Is there seriously no one else we can consider a BNF that crosses fandom boundaries? As for her writing... I didn't particularly care much one way or the other. Her style was good but the plot itself didn't grab me and while I appreciated her writing, it didn't hold me all the way through. I guess I'm largely indifferent to her actual stories, although I never cease to be amazed by how she's such a lightning rod for everyone's views on everything related to fandom. Even stories that are completely copied, word for word, haven't incurred the level of vehemence that she has and certainly not for as long. I sometimes wonder why that is....
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I must be doing something wrong. No strangers pester me when I start up AIM, I almost never get any kind of fanmail, and I can't remember the last time I got a decent death threat. *le sigh* No one even wanks about me anymore.
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-refuses to stroke the wank joke-
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Not so much rubbing it as more like a horizontal butter-churning kind of motion.
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But, um, have you even read my fanfiction? It's more fun if you bash my purple prose, slipshod grammar, and tell me I stole the whole concept from yo momma.
The icon, well, it is to cheer me up and make me horny.
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Isn't it even more fun if he hates you for completely irrational reasons? Them's always good FW fodder there. Although I don't know if he counts as a molested puppy.
The icon, well, it is to cheer me up and make me horny.
Jaken does look disturbingly good in leather chaps. -Ticks off part of 'List of Sentences Naphy Never Thought She Would Have to Use'-
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... how about I say that I detest your fanfiction to the point of bursting into 'flames' at the mere sighting of a site. Plot-Holy indeed.
My momma? She's to good for the like of you! I'll bet you could barely manage to steal from a yo-yo momma, let alone a full blooded Mam!
no, I have not read your fanfiction. Should I? Do you recommend it? How purple are we talking about? Polka dotted People-eater levels?!
Icon. Icon, icon, icon...
That thing on his may or may not be solid, but wouldn't that just make him a cone-head?
... and I and not being cheered up. Geh!
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I really think for this and for fanmail, you pretty much have to write an epic featuring pairings that people feel really, really passionate about. Of course you have to have a writing style that can capture people, but it's damn hard to attract that kind of following with one shots or gen. I guess I'm odd because I'd much rather have five people tell me, "This sucks because..." then the most slavish devotion from hundreds of people. This of course could be due to my inherent masochism though :)
I think it's the greatest compliment in the world to be hated.
I think it's a huge compliment to be able to inspire passion, one way or another. My favourite stories that I've written are those that have equally split reviews between love and hate.
. I don't feel sorry for Cassie Claire at all, because she has everything I want.
I think all the attention, good and bad, given Cassie Claire has given her a true vehicle to launch her own works and be quite successful in her own right. And more power to her- so few people are able to openly and happily contribute their writing success to fanfiction.
No one even wanks about me anymore.
There, there. I can start an argument with you now, if you'd like. I don't know that it would be noticed enough to generate actual wank though...
By the way your icon most disturbingly reminds me of a short story I once wrote...
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I'll need your help on this, babe.
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