WIPs. I don't get it. Why are there so many of them? Is it a fandom-generational (old timers vs newbies) thing? Is it fandom (as in one fandom does, one doesn't) thing? Is it even possibly a lj thing vs a yahoo group/archive thing? I really want to understand because it's messing with my fic reading enjoyment. I don't read WIPs which means that in ( Read more... )

Srsly. You know how certain issues rear their whiny heads within a fandom periodically and then leave again? It doesn't really leave, it just moves on to the next fandom like the Wave through an arena. Sooner or later, it'll be back. Of course there's always those coordination-challenged individuals who wave just a few seconds (...minutes) after ( Read more... )