Discussion Topic: What do the Fandom Awards mean to you?

[paranoid_woman]

The Numb3rs Awards are open now, as we all should know by now.

Which brings up a question in my mind about all awards in all fandoms, and lillyg is totally going to laugh when she sees this public post.

How do you make your choices when it comes to who and what to nominate?

In my particular case, I do tend to read the fics my favorite writers publish

Comments

Re: *takes a deep breath*

[paranoid_woman]

Merci, first off I didn't mean to offend you. That's why I said you guys were organizing the awards with so much passion and effort.

I'm also sorry that this kept you awake at night. I feared that my words were going to make people upset but I really needed to get this out of my chest and ask for other people's perspective. Maybe it's because I take the awards too seriously and I need to change that.

Like I said, I know that what you read is mostly what you have on your friends page -it happens to me too, so I totally get that.

The truth is, being nominated feeds the ego of every single writer, whether they're popular or not. Everyone knows that. What I mean is that there are particular cases in every fandom where some people take it to the next level and that is not pleasant to see. But I'm all right with everyone feeling happy about getting nominated, of course! It means someone took the time to remember their fic and submit a nomination.

I have to admit that you are right about ladygray99, even if I didn't read most of her darker job because it's just not my cup of tea for some reason. She was new and she won that year.

I'm gonna check out your post as soon as I can.

Re: *takes a deep breath*

[mercilynn]

*hugs*

Like I said in the beginning, I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the misrepresentation the Awards apparently have.

I will be the first one to admit that I'm oversensitive to the Awards, because I believe in them. They're fun and they WORK. And I'm glad you got this off your chest, but you had to know the can of worms you were opening (especially with my on your f-list, sweetie. You know I have Opinions *g*).

Okay, so RE: feeding the ego. I see what you were trying to say now, however I think it wasn't the best word choice as not everyone acts like that. I will be the one of the ones that definitely agree with you about the "entitled" feeling that some get about the awards. They write X amount of fic, so of course they should get nominated and of course it should win. You already know the problems with one of the people that I'm thinking about in that statement... I don't think there's more need to go on. :-)

And I know we've just been focusing on the Slash Category but... that's only one-sixth of the entire awards. We get a lot of the same people in slash, but new people crop up in Het, Gen, and the graphics areas all the time.

Re: *takes a deep breath*

[paranoid_woman]

I was aware that people could take this the wrong way and yes, I admit that some of my wording was not as clear as I thought. For that, again, I'm sorry.

I really hope more people get nominated and get involved with the awards. *hugs back*