IMO... if I want the right to write and post what is "good canon fanfic" (not that I do, proud creator of two "girl drops into Middle-earth" stories), then I have to grant others the right to write what they want, too. No matter if that entails violet eyes, silver hair and a unicorn or not.
Heh, I can see some of the people who disagree talking now: "RAWR! You have to RESPECT CANON! Tolkien this, Tolkien that, forget he's dead and that you're just trying to indulge yourself and some other fans; do what HE would want! Any friends who stay with you now are syncophantic idiots! You and all who support you belong in fandom prison!"
Okay, I'm mostly overdoing that, but that was fun. :P
And no one who is older than 16 can honestly try to tell me that it is not possible to tell from the summary in 80% of the stories if the author is interested in real critical feedback. "Plz review U R so kewl", anyone?
Yeah, seriously. I've only ever written reviews for people who really seemed to want to improve their writing/stories, and not once have I gotten any angry "You're so MEAN!" responses--mostly because it's not THAT hard to tell who's worth spending time critiquing, and who's just going to take what I say badly and get defensive. (And because if something sucks so much and the author doesn't seem to care, I'm not likely to have read past the first few paragraphs to begin with, and won't review something I wouldn't finish.)
I think HASA has improved. There a lot of new people there, and I have seen wonderful experimental pieces of writing accepted into the public archive during the last year.
I keep meaning to peek back there and see what stories are there that I've missed seeing in other places, but when I actually have nothing to read or do, I keep forgetting... :\
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Date: 2006-02-12 11:19 am (UTC)Heh, I can see some of the people who disagree talking now: "RAWR! You have to RESPECT CANON! Tolkien this, Tolkien that, forget he's dead and that you're just trying to indulge yourself and some other fans; do what HE would want! Any friends who stay with you now are syncophantic idiots! You and all who support you belong in fandom prison!"
Okay, I'm
mostlyoverdoing that, but that was fun. :PAnd no one who is older than 16 can honestly try to tell me that it is not possible to tell from the summary in 80% of the stories if the author is interested in real critical feedback. "Plz review U R so kewl", anyone?
Yeah, seriously. I've only ever written reviews for people who really seemed to want to improve their writing/stories, and not once have I gotten any angry "You're so MEAN!" responses--mostly because it's not THAT hard to tell who's worth spending time critiquing, and who's just going to take what I say badly and get defensive. (And because if something sucks so much and the author doesn't seem to care, I'm not likely to have read past the first few paragraphs to begin with, and won't review something I wouldn't finish.)
I think HASA has improved. There a lot of new people there, and I have seen wonderful experimental pieces of writing accepted into the public archive during the last year.
I keep meaning to peek back there and see what stories are there that I've missed seeing in other places, but when I actually have nothing to read or do, I keep forgetting... :\