Comments | stars_fell: Badfic hilarity

stars_fell

Badfic hilarity

Jun 21, 2007 03:33

Oh my God. Check out this story summary I found at A Teaspoon And An Open Mind:

The day I met the Doctor, I realized the dream from the night before had been one of THOSE dreams; the ones which made no sense until everything in them started to happen. *note: i have only had 30 people read this, and i don't mind, but, since it isn't getting the ( Read more... )

head asplode, writing, hall of shame, wtf, do not want, not amused

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the_dibbler June 21 2007, 09:39:52 UTC

or write these never ended multi chaptered things form hell because they have no concept of how to arc a story or plot.

27 chapters of aimless meandering pointless drivel...with 300 reviews.

stars_fell June 22 2007, 15:55:36 UTC

OMG on the 300 reviews. How does it always end up like that? Maybe because it's 27 chapters and idiots post "OMG UPDATE PLZ" as a review to each chapter?

Man, you reminded me of this Doctor Who story I was following for a while on FF.N. I thought it had an interesting premise and was fairly well-written, but I gave up on it once the chapters started hitting the thirties. Too damn long and not enough meat.

the_dibbler June 22 2007, 19:53:16 UTC

Makes me want to headdesk because you'll find these amazing little stories that have like 4 reviews.

stars_fell June 23 2007, 02:22:16 UTC

Exactly!

fc2001 June 21 2007, 10:36:52 UTC

Amen to what you said, because I was just thinking a similar thing last night...

Lol, Fi.

gourry June 21 2007, 10:55:32 UTC

Lady, why don't you hang a sign around your neck that says, "Will you please be my friend?"

Sheesh.

stars_fell June 22 2007, 15:52:57 UTC

FOR REAL!

*faceplant*

mmmfishfingers June 21 2007, 13:37:08 UTC

See, this is why I've given up on reading Doctor Who fic.. and in turn, any fic now.
Because if I don't find that rubbish, I get Jack/Nine rubbish...
But moving on...

How much do I hate when people are like "I'll only update when I get x number of reviews" or something of the like? It's so childish! You're not there for reviews (Granted, on my stories I thank the perosn for readinig and asking them would they mind reviewing but it's not "REVIEW OR YOU'LL NEVER SEE THE NEXT PART MUWHWHAHAHAHAH"). You're there to do your writing...

As for the bio? Yeah I'd say you have a 'slight vanity issue'. Going to see what other's stories have had and then compairing the numbers? You are sick!

/rant

*cough*

Right so that was a lot more angsty than I thought it would be.....er. Sorry about that. But yeah, go you. And, dear God, someone help this person....

stars_fell June 22 2007, 15:52:16 UTC

Oh, no, I don't mind the ranting... this is one of my major pet peeves, too.

I'm telling you, if I pulled that kind of shit ("I will update when I get x number of reviews") none of my chaptered fics would ever get updated. Nevermind that they don't anyway, but that's a whole other story. :D I love getting reviews, but that's not why I write. I write because the stories in my head want to be told. If people read them, that's awesome. If they don't, well, I'm not going to shed any tears over it.

mmmfishfingers June 25 2007, 18:49:23 UTC

My biggest peeve with reviewers is that they are always either "good. more now" or "short. more please" just.. *sighs*
My stuff hardly gets reviewed...I so need to get back into writing.. it's been too long...

tinuvielberen June 21 2007, 15:42:09 UTC

Oh...dear. A Mary Sue self-insert fic.

I've read some baaaaaaaad fic lately. One fic was so tragic, I actually rewrote the first few paragraphs and pondered posting it as a review.

Sometimes I want to say to these people, "Read. Read some good writers. Read Chekhov (Anton not Commander). Start with a bang. Start in the middle of a scene. Make it seem as though the reader has walked in on a conversation and needs to spend a minute or two figuring out what's going on. Don't explain everything. Cut everything that isn't essential..."

But most of these folks don't want crit, they want praise. So I hold my tongue.

stars_fell June 22 2007, 15:48:54 UTC

LOL, your icon about sums up my reaction. :) And come on, you know you want to be a troll like me, stop holding that tongue! (I have to do it somewhere, my husband refuses to let me fan flames on his message board.)

And man, you somehow just managed to make me feel like a writing fool. :D

tinuvielberen June 22 2007, 15:57:30 UTC

There are several reasons NOT to flame the badficcers.

One, I don't want to acquire an enemy. My journal is wide open and allows anonymous posting, and I want to keep it that way.

Second, the pain centers of the brain interpret public humiliation in much the same way as physical pain. Is the fic so bad that I'd punch the writer in the nose? If not, then I'm not going to publicly humiliate her either.

I do my trollling vicariously, through Fandom Wank and stupid_free. It's just about as satisfying to watch someone else do the skewering, and has no consequences to me. Besides, I hate conflict. It makes my heart race.

...and I VERY much doubt you're a "writing fool."

stars_fell June 22 2007, 16:05:22 UTC

I dunno, I kinda feel like punching this particular author just to try and knock some sense into her, but I see your point.

And whee, you read stupid_free! I just added them to my FL a few days ago. That particular post about the chick who kept insisting evolution didn't exist and there were no facts to back it up... it was all I could do not to vault in there with flaming fists of fury. I think I didn't because I wouldn't have been able to write a coherent argument and therefore would have looked retarded.

Heh, I felt like a "writing fool" because it occurred to me that I most likely do explain everything in my stories--I tend to go heavy on exposition and light on dialogue.

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