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I have to say, fandom is getting very good at getting on top of wanks and providing handy summary posts complete with links.
On how the Warnings debate blew up
And also, wasn't expecting to feel so personally disappointed in writers whose fic I've previously enjoyed. To quote one commenter Stop being dicks people I like and respect!
- Can no longer justify every waking second spent obsessing about Star Trek, Sweet Charity deadline LOOMING.
- Re-emergence of other interests and necessity of allocating limited time means that fics that don't catch my interest in the first page get abandoned. Too much to get through.
- Enough time has passed that clear tropes have emerged. I don't care how well written the fic is, the first time the author refers to Kirk as a slut or a manwhore or any variation thereof, I am GONE. Also, I don't even DARE open a fic that has McCoy's ex-wife in it. There was one fic where even the TITLE was offensive, something like Five Times Kirk Wanted to Choke a Bitch and One Time the Bitch got Served.
- Sorry, I'm just not that into Kirk/McCoy, so I'm now being way picky. Having said that, the amount of K/Mc fics being put out is HUGE - my latest batch of recs I'm accumulating is about half K/Mc fics so far.
On how the Warnings debate blew up
And also, wasn't expecting to feel so personally disappointed in writers whose fic I've previously enjoyed. To quote one commenter Stop being dicks people I like and respect!
- Can no longer justify every waking second spent obsessing about Star Trek, Sweet Charity deadline LOOMING.
- Re-emergence of other interests and necessity of allocating limited time means that fics that don't catch my interest in the first page get abandoned. Too much to get through.
- Enough time has passed that clear tropes have emerged. I don't care how well written the fic is, the first time the author refers to Kirk as a slut or a manwhore or any variation thereof, I am GONE. Also, I don't even DARE open a fic that has McCoy's ex-wife in it. There was one fic where even the TITLE was offensive, something like Five Times Kirk Wanted to Choke a Bitch and One Time the Bitch got Served.
- Sorry, I'm just not that into Kirk/McCoy, so I'm now being way picky. Having said that, the amount of K/Mc fics being put out is HUGE - my latest batch of recs I'm accumulating is about half K/Mc fics so far.