Fic: Back To Base

[bas_math_girl]

Title: Back to Base (4/?)
Author: bas_math_girl
Characters: TenII, Donna, OCs
Rating: PG-13
Word Count:2145
Warning: Contains scenes of desire.
Summary: Set at the end of an alternative version of JE, the Doctor has gone off with Rose and dumped Donna with his Duplicate on Earth.
Disclaimer: I don’t own anything except the ideas in my head.
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Comments

[honorh]

Is it really necessary to take sideswipes at other pairings in your notes?

[bas_math_girl]

I am awfully sorry you found my notes offensive, and I have now deleted them.
My intention was merely to explain the thought that sparked this fic.

[sandyosullivan]

Yeah, it's almost as though you think you have a right to write what you think, BMG and have your own opinion... For shame ;).

[honorh]

She made her statement, I made mine. She chose to act in response to my statement, and as far as I'm concerned, it ends there. I'm not the government impinging free speech. I expressed an opinion in response to hers, and it was her choice what to do from there. Don't act like I'm censoring her.

[sandyosullivan]

Oh yes, nothing passive aggressive or controlling in your original statment or icon at all. Fascinating.

[redcirce]

How about this for another perspective? Rule #1 of this comm, straight off the userinfo page is:
"1.) No hate. No bashing. None of any sort will be tolerated." (italics mine)

I don't remember the exact wording of the original "warning" but I do remember that I was put off by it, and found it distasteful. I don't think it's a stretch to say that warning or apologizing for the presence of a character or relationship in the way the author did- as if their mere *presence* is offensive and on par with triggering and or violent/sexually explicit material- could be construed by some (like, say, myself) as character hate or bashing.

You may disagree, but this is a comm, not a personal journal. The author has a right to write whatever they think, but when you join a comm you are implicitly agreeing to follow the rules in your posts to that commMaybe you think the rules shouldn't apply to you, but, again, I respectfully disagree. Props to the author for editing their post instead of being a jerk about it

[sandyosullivan]

See I rather thought the original comment on the story must have been a joke because BMGs warning on it was less rose bashing than the actual story so I figured that the poster must have been poking fun. Also you read the original warning it was NOT a Rose bash at all.. So I gathered it had to be someone having some fun with BMG. It was only when I got an annoyed response that I realized that they were serious. Sorry but did you see the unedited version? It was just a story warning .... No extra hyperbole!

[redcirce]

I'm not going to get into this, because I think we will both agree it's not worth an argument, but yes, I did see the original warning, and yes, in my personal opinion, it did come off as bashing. ::shrug:: To the point that although the premise (the Doctor leaving Donna with Ten II instead) sounded interesting, I didn't click on it because I assumed it was a standard OTP ABOVE ALL ELSE!!!/"rival"-character-bashing fic. Obviously, it's okay to disagree with that opinion.

"It was only when I got an annoyed response that I realized that they were serious."
And the issue I had was that when you realized that the poster was serious- i.e., that they had a different opinion than you about the warning- (that it was offensive towards another character, which, again, I had a problem with b/c it's against the comm rules), your response was to say that expressing that opinion was being "controlling" and "passive aggressive". Which I find interesting considering that your previous comment was implying that trying to censor opinions is wrong.

[sandyosullivan]

Ah... You were having a go at me... I get it now. Yeah I don't understand passive aggressive controlling stuff. I do understand direct stuff from comm managers because as you point out they make the rules and ultimately they interpret them as well and fair enough. The whole like it, agree or you'll be told off is entirely the space of fandom comms. I don't understand why calling someone on that behavior and language is seen as problematic though.

[honorh]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

BTW, if you're curious about a 'shipper's answer to your question, it's this: He did love her, but he thought she'd be happier with his mortal, half-human self. That's why he let her go. Also because he's a coward about the whole "wither and die" thing. YMM, as always, V.

[redcirce]

IAWTC. Thanks for posting this, and thanks to the author for editing.