quizz & poll

[etrangere]

Your result for The Fan Fiction Personality Test...
The Mindgamer

Everything is possible, nothing is ever really over.

Fanfiction is a creative outlet for you. You don't intentionally write it, it just happens. You find inspiration in several fandoms, but are not obsessed with only one.

You like to explore "what if" situations. What if this character

Comments

[etrangere]

Interesting, I hadn't thought of it coming across as patronising.

[etrangere]

okay, I understand the nuance you mean. Useful point I will make use of for the next time ^_^;.

[ontogenesis]

I chose the first response. I probably wouldn't use that term anyway-- not after having studied the Holocaust and WWII -- so I know why someone might be offended by a casual use of the word. I also don't like "femmenazi" or "rape" (as in, "this test totally raped me"). PC? Nah, more like I have a healthy respect for the power of words.

[ontogenesis]

Whoops, didn't mean to use that icon. Stop being cheerful, Sai.

[etrangere]

lol

[etrangere]

oh yeah, feminazi and "rape" use in silly metaphors both are also big pet peeves x_x

[eefster]

I'd retract it and apologise.

However, I would probably also open a different discussion (not in the same post, and not forcing the person to take part) about what an appropriate -- but still pithy -- substitute would be. I would just want to wait to be sure that the discussion didn't come across as pouty, or deliberately inflammatory.

[etrangere]

*nods* I like that option.

Mmm, I wonder what makes a good substitute? Canon fanatic? Canon faithful?

[eefster]

Depends on what, precisely, the original poster meant. The idea of forcing conformity? That zie feels persecuted?

Wikipedia puts the slang definition as "A person considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict" - what other words fit that?

Sorry, that wasn't meant to put it all on you, or to imply I didn't think there were any. Despot, tyrant, fascist*, autocrat, authoritarian....

*could have its own problems.

[etrangere]

In this specific case, it was used by the person to refer to themselves (as I commented in answer to sistermagpie, in the way I most often see it used, with a sort of faux-self-depreciative pride, you know?)

aisimaiyat suggests "Canon Police" bellow, which IMHO works well.

[sistermagpie]

I'd probably do a mixture of a few. I'd ask them what the problem was, then probably edit the post to get rid of them, but think they need to just accept that "nazi" is a commonly used word that doesn't cause offense just by showing up. Edit: Actually, I realized that what I did the second time would probably depend on what their answer was to the question.

[etrangere]

That makes sense to me ^^

Personally I have some issue with the expression (it's milder than "it offends" me, but I think it's still problematic?) because it trivialises the term "nazi", especially since it's usually used with a sort of quixotic pride "haha! I'm such a canon nazi!"
But yeah, I understand for a lot of people it's just a commonly used word, but it makes me wince when I see it anyway.

[sistermagpie]

Yeah, for me it's not that I don't understand why the word would bother people, just that I think the horse is out of the barn on that one.

[etrangere]

I understand that attitude - especially since I have it for other kind of words/expressions. There's some YMMV in the way this one (and a few others) make me flinch more.

[asimaiyat]

I would retract it and apologize. I want my journal to be a safe place for my friends.

I'd probably change it to "canon police" or something.

[etrangere]

♥

ooh, I like canon police!

[rockstarwookie]

What about "Canon Cop"?

I think it's slightly snappier, alliterative and applies better in the singular.

[eefster]

The only thing I'm not sure of is that most cops are generally seen as enforcing just and/or democratically-approved laws. Maybe I'm overly optimistic about that, but "canon police" loses a bit of the original impact by leaving out the nuance of injustice (and cruelty, and horror, etc).

It's better as a self-referential term, especially when it comes to issues of canon. There is much more of a solid line between what's canon and what isn't than, say, policing nebulous ideas of "community (proper) behaviour".

It definitely flows better than "canon pedant", that's for sure!