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whaleabc in khfanficrants

Oh fanbrats, how you amuse me so

Jul 03, 2008 18:50

Don't you just love it when you obeyed the fanbrats' request to give them ConCrit, and find a huge wank!fest (complete with a @$#$%$#@$ load of cussing, CAPSLOCK and poor spelling, only for 0.99 munny!) blow up in your face? Then they called you "rude", despite the fact that you didn't use TEH CAPSLOCK OF RAGE or any swear words at all? And ( Read more... )

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larkips July 3 2008, 15:16:54 UTC

You can't honestly say that you expected anything but inane tripe in return though. In the minds of most KH writers and artists, "give me concrit" tends to translate into "help my ego swell even further by licking my ass on pain of death", sad but true.

yui_hime July 3 2008, 19:49:41 UTC

Seconded, and it's not just KH fandom. *responded to a request for criticism on an original!fic and was bitched at*

whaleabc July 4 2008, 16:22:55 UTC

Haha. Yeah, I know better now. I guess I was annoyed by her actions, but now that I've calmed down, I realized that I should have known better.

fortuna_s July 3 2008, 15:40:52 UTC

XD That sounds sad and funny at the same time. Good heavens, I would have liked to read that comment. What did you do: try and correct the many glaring errors she had about the Holocaust? Point out the tremendous amount of OOC throughout the fic? Simply state that 'El' is not at all German?
You know, I'm sure that there could be interesting things done with KH in a Nazi-Germany setting, but seriously, a little reverence please! Fandom might not be 'srs buizness' but the Holocaust is.
before I get too pissed off about thisAs far as the actual point of this rant- I usually don't even review for things I consider 'badfic'. I think it's better to send words of encouragement and critique to people who want to improve their writing and create quality work then to people who...clearly don't ( ... )

uh oh... whaleabc July 4 2008, 16:35:42 UTC

... I know something that would make you angrier, so I better shut up now...

The funny thing is that she pretty much admits to being arrogant (but denies it in a poorly concealed way).

I actually read her justification of why she typed 'el' (hidden in a -surprise, surprise- Wall of Text(tm)). Apparently 'Herr' is pronounced 'el'. Somehow, I don't believe her. Call it a hunch.

Oh fanbrat, how you amuse me so.

Re: uh oh... fortuna_s July 4 2008, 16:46:43 UTC

No, I've calmed down now, so you can feel free to tell me what it is that you think will make me angrier. *smile*

Re: uh oh... whaleabc July 5 2008, 11:49:36 UTC

... Are you sure?

*Sigh* It's in her author notes. h 1 and 13. I read through both. (The AN for Ch 13 is a riot... the crappy justification for "el" is buried somewhere in there.)

I'll hand you the link and it's up to you whether you want to risk it. I know I was enraged when I first read it.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3806900/1/Die_Hohlen_Kosten_des_Lebens

Remember: She doesn't give a (I quote) "FLAMING FUCK" whether she screwed up the Holocaust or not.

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fyretoppaaa July 3 2008, 15:42:17 UTC

Never have I ever known a woman who is brattier than an adolescent.

.... :| Lucky.

aurons_fan July 3 2008, 15:43:42 UTC

I remember, back in the days when people asked for concrit, and they took it well, and USED IT.

*Sigh* Ah well.

And curious, I thought you couldn't delete non-Anon reviews. Were the flames/critisims anonymous, or there is a way?

cici_chan July 4 2008, 00:48:19 UTC

I remember, back in the days when people asked for concrit, and they took it well, and USED IT.

A day like that... existed?

whaleabc July 4 2008, 16:24:58 UTC

Heh heh, yeah. I should have known better (I didn't know you can delete anon reviews, or I would have logged in...)

lulu_nobody July 3 2008, 16:23:56 UTC

Because they attach themselves to an idea so much that they flip the minute someone doesn't like it or when someone can actually find something wrong. They don't understand that, though it is fanfiction, a lot more effort goes into writing a successful story of any kind than just sitting and writing whatever comes into your head the minute you sit to do so. All of the stories I've read that had excellent dialogue and plot could not have been written in one hour unless the author was something just short of a genius.

It's unfortunate, because then I wonder how they handle comments from say, a teacher on an essay or in a writing class. No piece of writing is perfect, but the authors who flip the minute someone finds something wrong seem to assume so. They would have hated to be in my English class last semester, where feedback and criticism were pretty much essential; without them the course would probably have been very bare and unhelpful.

And like larkips said, concrit nowadays pretty much translates to an ego boost, which does not at all ( ... )