Comments | missdeviant: on writing: wank edition.

missdeviant

on writing: wank edition.

May 31, 2006 11:42

I have a general policy of non-wankiness. It's the "ignore it and it will go away" policy. I don't comment on wanks, don't encourage wankers, don't take things too seriously and never, ever defend any actions that I don't think need defending (such as personality traits ( Read more... )

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svilleficrecs May 31 2006, 17:14:48 UTC

Being a good person won't make you a better writer, and there are quite a few flaming assholes out there that can put good words to the page.

One of the big points of writing is that your string of words needs to stand on its own, without you, or your ethos or your explanation or your survival.

That Vmars thing is just ridiculous and sad little example of shit stirring.

missdeviant May 31 2006, 17:33:59 UTC

One of the big points of writing is that your string of words needs to stand on its own, without you, or your ethos or your explanation or your survival.

Amen, amen, amen.

helpwess May 31 2006, 17:20:21 UTC

mmm, delicious hivemind!!!
yeah, see, if someone i don't know outside of her fic posts several fics and i'm like, man, these fics don't do it for me, i'm not likely to go check out the rest of her journal and friend her, just, you know, i wasn't that into what she wrote. BUT if someone posts a fic or several fics that i LOVE and then i go to her journal and every single other post she makes is about, yeah, baby sandwiches, well, maybe i won't FRIEND her journal, but i don't think i'm going to suddenly HATE HER STORIES.
it's sort of like the Tom Cruise Conundrum? Man, Tom Cruise, you are super cute and totally in shape and it turns out I like your movies but you are a crazy scientologist. I'm not going to NOT go see MIIIIII, I'll just feel SAD IN MY FACE.

Is this what we were supposed to be talking about? I feel my hivemind may be affected by the ROBITUSSIN.

missdeviant May 31 2006, 17:32:13 UTC

Tom Cruise is an excellent example!

Like, his creepy Scientology/Turkey Bastering doesn't change the fact that when I was six I saw the trailer for Cocktail and decided sex with Tom Cruise under a waterfall was the hottest thing EVER.

(I MEAN, IT IS, DUH.)

Poor hivemind! On the upside, it means your Robitussin buzz gets transferred to ME, and EVERYONE IS HAPPY!

spectralbovine May 31 2006, 17:23:45 UTC

Are you implying Rob Thomas eats baby sandwiches where the bread is made from puppies? Because I have it on good authority that he prefers kitties.

missdeviant May 31 2006, 17:29:12 UTC

No wonder he always smells like Meow Mix!

All I know is the word of people in Austin who used to hang with his crowd when he was here - and that he could be a jerk in his day. Obvs, I could ALSO be a jerk in MY day, and gossip is gossip for a reason. But it seemed a fitting example, given the crowd it was addressed to.

But - point is, no matter what dirty things he wants to do to you in the bedroom, he still makes good stories, and for that, I admire him.

spectralbovine May 31 2006, 17:32:51 UTC

I...wasn't under the impression that he wanted to do any dirty things to me in the bedroom.

missdeviant May 31 2006, 17:35:01 UTC

OH, but he DOES.

Just you watch yourself. And - uh - stay away from the fish parts.

buffyx May 31 2006, 17:28:55 UTC

We already talked about this, but: Yes!

p.s.>> Sorry I guess we have to break up now. I just cannot be online BFF with someone who is so sickeningly in love with herself! It's kind of embarrassing! GOD ANN YOU'RE HOT. WE GET IT. OKAY? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

missdeviant May 31 2006, 17:29:51 UTC

HERE HAVE SOME OF MY HOT HOT BOOBS.

obv_hot_mess May 31 2006, 22:07:16 UTC

Not to horn in on your conversation but that should totally be an icon. :)

missdeviant May 31 2006, 22:14:02 UTC

GOD, Mandy! WAY TO HORN IN!!!!

Do I have to go over to the truth and HATE ON YOU TOO???

Don't make me. I will.

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silverweave May 31 2006, 17:37:47 UTC

Good point, nicely made.

Wank does seem to come in cycles, doesn't it? One minute we're all happy happy happy, the next everyone's dropping their trousers, hitching up their skirts and giving their wrists a good work out.

And with that delightful image I must be shunned.

missdeviant May 31 2006, 17:43:59 UTC

SHUN!

Eh, what can I say, wank doesn't bother me - if it did, I'd stay off the internet. I find this one more amusing than anything, and if I were easily offended, I probably wouldn't read it at all.

CARRY ON WITH THE VISUALS!

silverweave May 31 2006, 17:48:36 UTC

I'm pretty much like you, I try and stay out of it. I've occasionally told people to piss off when they don't respect that, but, whatever, they've probably pushed and pushed me to get to that point, I am frighteningly non-confrontational.

In fact, it's worth poking me every once in a while, I may have died.

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