Random Fannish Meanderings

[dawn_felagund]

I have had a busy, busy day so far today, rearranging my closet and moving my stuff from the drawers in the bedroom into the new furniture in the guest room. I have also banished my sentimentality (almost*) and donated a bunch of old clothes and shoes to Goodwill. Some of these I have had since high school. Most of it I haven't worn in years, but

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[maglor_20]

"but there was an "I Hate Dawn Felagund" forum on ff.net for a while!"

Holy moly. I'm very sorry. I can't understand why someone would make something like that.

Well, I should say you have way more people who love you than who hate you, so ignore the latter. :)

[dawn_felagund]

I love your icon! *is huge Peanuts fan* :)

I took the forum as a compliment. (I just checked. It still exists.) It was created in response to a conflict between me and some of the bullies on the site, and what better proof that my standing up to them had the intended uncomfortable effect? :D Furthermore, the echoing silence there is kind of telling (and, I can't help but think, a rather embarrassing reflection on the creator, who probably expected flocks of people eager for an outlet to gripe about me. Oops.)

*hugs* and thank you for your kind words. :)

[with_rainfall]

I've had people follow my years-old one-shots - I'm talking, like, 300-word ficlets which were clearly marked complete. Eh, FFN. I love the place (well, my fandoms in the place), but it baffles me sometimes. :P

Unfortunately there's always going to be hate when you write a fic like AMC. A few people will adore it, most people'll be indifferent and some will troll just to troll.

Call me old-fashioned, but I don't Tumblr, and not just because of the SWJs, drive-by fundraisers, and the way it sucks up your time. I just miss all the LJ and DW, and although tumblr is great for fanart and social justice it's not so good for discussion. I'm very lucky that one of my two major fandoms has a forum dedicated to it. The other one, unfortunately, is mainly on Tumblr. :(

[dawn_felagund]

I'm not a huge fan of Tumblr for fandom either, so I don't think you're old-fashioned! :D I like interaction in fandom, and Tumblr is not conducive to discussions and seems to inspire a lot of vitriol. LJ and DW feel like being in someone's living room to me: If you see a comment on a friend's entry by someone you don't know, it is reasonable to assume that that person is "okay" because they are a friend of a friend. I think it tends to encourage people to be at least civil in disagreeing. (Besides that most people don't want to cause a scene in someone else's space.) But Tumblr? Things get posted so far and so fast that I think the tendency becomes not to think of people as people but as viewpoints or opinions to be shot down. It's not a good look, imo.

What I do like ... that things can spread so far so fast. It's nice to reach people outside my usual circle, but the interaction is fleeting and shallow. I don't feel like I get to know people like I do here on LJ.

[rhapsody11]

Ah the joys of being the Silm fandom's BFN or BNF haha :D

Yeah that comes along with it though, but people got your back :)

I actually never noticed our counted how often your elves pee in AMC and of course it isn't fully perfect, but a wonderful journey in a story and to see a writer grow as well. My fondest memories are the waiting, you posting it, we commenting and bantering along. No 'It’s first-class sporkage fodder if your brain has a high tolerance for all the bleach you’ll need.' You're referring to that one right? The original post was easy to find. Let such folks twattle, it will keep them off the streets.

[dawn_felagund]

Pie-eyed optimist that I am, the fact that I find so many faults with AMC is, to me, a good thing. It's almost ten years old. If something I wrote a decade ago was still something I regarded as my best work, then that would not speak much to my growth as a writer. I always hope that I will never stop finding fault with my older works, even though it is a bit mortifying at times. ;)

And that story was hugely life-changing for me. It allowed me to meet so many people whom I care about and remain friends with even today. *looking at you* ;) And it helped me find my path toward the work I am doing today, in and out of fandom.

You're referring to that one right?

Yep, that's the post. (I did eventually find it.) It speaks to that person, I think, that s/he couldn't say anything thoughtfully critical but went straight for being provocational. Although I don't personally feel that another person's fic rec is an appropriate place to gripe about that story, a thoughtful critique of the story would have been wholly different, imo. Whether the

[rhapsody11]

I always hope that I will never stop finding fault with my older works, even though it is a bit mortifying at times. ;)

Ah welll, but even so.. it is a good thing. A writer should always develop, grow, be open to learning new things.

Posting AMC, at the start.. I still find it a brave thing to do. Perhaps I should get a t-shirt that said: I read AMC unedited and I survived it? ;)

As for the post: I get the vibe that this person likes to snark... a lot. That's okay, snark away, but as you say, do it at your own place and not on a forum. It is so not classy!

[kenazfiction]

"there was an "I Hate Dawn Felagund" forum on ff.net for a while!) "

EXCUSE ME. WHAT?!?!

I can't decide if that makes me feel furious, or makes me feel like you've just won the internet. ;)

[dawn_felagund]

Okay, your comment made me go search to see if it actually still exists! It does! Although the lack of threads is ... telling.

There used to be a couple of threads. Someone was like, "Dawn is a pompous asshole!" (not the exact words but it was something similarly stupid) and someone (Jael I think) popped in to note the similarities between that person's spelling mistakes and that of another FFN troll, so I guess the thread was disappeared after that.

I took it as a compliment when I first found it. It was created in response to me standing up to certain bullies on that site, so what better proof that I got under their skin? Mission accomplished. :)

[indy1776]

I remember wondering at the time if you'd seen the rec and the resultant "conversation". Guess I have my answer!

I've gotten similar things on ff.net and more recently on AO3. I just don't get it. The only explanation I heard that made any sense is that follows are private, so they hide guilty pleasures.

[dawn_felagund]

Yep, I found it almost exactly a year after it went down! And on Google, not even by searching Tumblr specifically.

The guilty pleasures theory is a good one! :)