Troll-ish comments & their effects

[carolinelamb]

Since the beginning of January I've been writing on Chapter 20 for my loki-centric Avengers omega-verse, which is also supposed to conclude Book 1 but then I received 2 negative comments (from the same anonymous person) and I basically stopped

Comments

[retroginger]

I feel ya! Negative comments kill me even if they're true. I try not to be so sensitive, but I haven't gotten there yet. I hope the negative comments don't keep you down for too long.

[carolinelamb]

He thanks! Yeah I hope so too! I'll just focus on other fics. Admittedly I do (still) do feel out of my depth with my omegaverse fic because of the size/length of it. I feel I have bitten a bit more than I can chew. I never realised how much control a plot that spans so many chapters needs, and because of that my writing is almost secondary-it's very brief and curt, because I need to get on with plot/take care of plotholes.

I'll try to get my pace right in Book 2, which will be equally long :p but different in tone, with (hopefully) more Avengers in it and less Loki/Barton.

[enname]

I got 150 glowing responses to my teaching last semester and what do I obsess about? The one comment, clearly written by an entitled little shit, saying that they hope the university doesn't pay me as it is a waste of their money as I clearly did no work (i. e. they had to do it all). Illogical though I know it to be, it still doesn't stop me ranting about how much work I did and the whole point of the unit was self directed learning...

Best to put them out of sight and mind, so maybe a break is good.

[carolinelamb]

Urgh! What an ass!

[enname]

Don't worry, I got one that was 700 words long ranting about how I should not be allowed near students ever, and that they probably should review my fitness to complete a phd.

*wry grin*

And yet, despite knowing they are trolling wimps who can't own up to these thoughts when I ask 'can I change anything' ... they shout louder than the rest. Blech.

[carolinelamb]

I have thought about this trolling thing. I know I have left weird constructive criticism comments on other fics that at that time I thought were helpful but just weren't. In fact now I regret them deeply, because I see them as clumsy attempts at being "witty".

But I have never ever left anonymous comments. It just never occurred to me.

But I did realise that I have never received non-anonymous negative comments.

I really wonder what to make of this.

[lokifan]

Ugh, arseholes! I'm sorry. I totally get how it would kill your mojo, much as I'm hoping for more Starry Nights :)

[carolinelamb]

I was a little doubtful but in the end the fact that the person commented anonymously helped me not take them serious. I remembered that I never ever left anonymous comments-I don't even think of it. The only anonymous comments I leave (but even then I sometimes forget to anonymise myself) is when I leave prompts at the one or other kink meme.

I do feel that a person who only attacks/trolls anonymously doesn't deserve much respect.