What to do?
I'm new. I've lurked for ages, and am now actually posting something. I'm probably inordinately proud of this fact.
A good friend of mine wrote a fanfic WAY back. Now, this friend and I often butt heads. She's bubbly, air-headed and lively to my more serious, cynical self. She'll talk boys, I'll talk philosophy. And we're both easy to rile, and we both think we're better in some way. But it's when we start talking KH that it all goes to hell.
Not only will she argue that Sora 'is 13 in KH1', she will not, under any circumstances, believe she was wrong. Ever. But back to the fanfic. It was -in my opinion and a few others- bad. It was supposed to be Demyx's first year in the Organization, or somthing. The AkuDemy had no build-up, no IC-ness in sight, and I never figured out if it was an AU or in-universe. Yes, it was that confusing. Mostly these bits:
1) Zexion, Zeku. Teaching. Poetry. To... a class. I was unaware that TCTNW doubled as a school. Or that Demyx and Axel were under the age of 18.
2) Demyx all-out bawling because Saïx was being a meanie-head and called him dumb.
3) Axel Aku losing his temper because someone was mean to his poor Dem-dem.
4) Saïx being BFF's with Vexen. Apparently, the Original Six only exist to teach high school.
5) Radiant Garden is still around. It just is.
This came from a friend who has actually played the games, knows the canon first-hand. I've NEVER played the games (I just don't have the time or patience), and find all my canon through walkthroughs and looking things up. I'm not sure how this happened. Ugh, I need goodfic.
Also, what do you do when you try to leave ConCrit, and you feel like you've been too harsh? I'm a very blunt (to the point of rudeness) about things, and point out the smallest errors. I feel like I don't praise the 'good' of a fanfic enough, and that I'm coming off as a 'flamer' or as just plain mean. Mostly because if I DO CC a story, it's because it's really, really bad. And then I feel guilty.
A good friend of mine wrote a fanfic WAY back. Now, this friend and I often butt heads. She's bubbly, air-headed and lively to my more serious, cynical self. She'll talk boys, I'll talk philosophy. And we're both easy to rile, and we both think we're better in some way. But it's when we start talking KH that it all goes to hell.
Not only will she argue that Sora 'is 13 in KH1', she will not, under any circumstances, believe she was wrong. Ever. But back to the fanfic. It was -in my opinion and a few others- bad. It was supposed to be Demyx's first year in the Organization, or somthing. The AkuDemy had no build-up, no IC-ness in sight, and I never figured out if it was an AU or in-universe. Yes, it was that confusing. Mostly these bits:
1) Zexion, Zeku. Teaching. Poetry. To... a class. I was unaware that TCTNW doubled as a school. Or that Demyx and Axel were under the age of 18.
2) Demyx all-out bawling because Saïx was being a meanie-head and called him dumb.
3) Axel Aku losing his temper because someone was mean to his poor Dem-dem.
4) Saïx being BFF's with Vexen. Apparently, the Original Six only exist to teach high school.
5) Radiant Garden is still around. It just is.
This came from a friend who has actually played the games, knows the canon first-hand. I've NEVER played the games (I just don't have the time or patience), and find all my canon through walkthroughs and looking things up. I'm not sure how this happened. Ugh, I need goodfic.
Also, what do you do when you try to leave ConCrit, and you feel like you've been too harsh? I'm a very blunt (to the point of rudeness) about things, and point out the smallest errors. I feel like I don't praise the 'good' of a fanfic enough, and that I'm coming off as a 'flamer' or as just plain mean. Mostly because if I DO CC a story, it's because it's really, really bad. And then I feel guilty.