Bizarre fanfiction.net happenings?
Now, this isn't the first time this has happened, nor will it be the last, but it is something that has always befuddled me.
The act of story alerting a completed story.
And it is particularly notable because, as you can see below, my now two-year-finished debut Powerpuff fic, The Powerpuff Girls Movie 2, has received 4 story alerts since it was finished - three of them in the last 35 days.
Now, that in and of itself wouldn't be so significant, except that the fic's follow-up, The Powerpuff Girls Movie 3, was first posted on July 3rd. And none of those alerts have been replicated for it.
Um... do they even notice the complete tag on the first (well, second movie) fic, and not the second (third movie)? Because it seems to me like they read it as the other way around.
Now, I'm not complaining at the alerts; they make for good marketing on the public pages. Many fics of mine have received the odd alert of two after their completion. But, why these people would get them mixed up like this is beyond me, as the alerts would be much better served on Movie 3, both for me and for them, as they're useless for completed fics except for the writer.
The only explanation that springs to mind is: "people..." That, and, "ditzy teenagers..."
Still, life's a bit like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna find.
The act of story alerting a completed story.
And it is particularly notable because, as you can see below, my now two-year-finished debut Powerpuff fic, The Powerpuff Girls Movie 2, has received 4 story alerts since it was finished - three of them in the last 35 days.
Now, that in and of itself wouldn't be so significant, except that the fic's follow-up, The Powerpuff Girls Movie 3, was first posted on July 3rd. And none of those alerts have been replicated for it.
Um... do they even notice the complete tag on the first (well, second movie) fic, and not the second (third movie)? Because it seems to me like they read it as the other way around.
Now, I'm not complaining at the alerts; they make for good marketing on the public pages. Many fics of mine have received the odd alert of two after their completion. But, why these people would get them mixed up like this is beyond me, as the alerts would be much better served on Movie 3, both for me and for them, as they're useless for completed fics except for the writer.
The only explanation that springs to mind is: "people..." That, and, "ditzy teenagers..."
Still, life's a bit like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna find.