Apparently, it's the bane of being obsessed with writing - wanting everyone to be obsessed with writing. The control freak in me does not tolerate being subject to what I consider to be bad writing.
Ha. Yes! That's exactly what I was getting at above. It's very difficult for me to let go of that. Mary Sues are really just a symptom of the disease - I mean, they're not one of my major bugbears, not even one that I normally think about (though I'm thinking about it lately, obviously).
But I've been trying very hard not to give into said control freak. Yes, I will still occasionally complain on my LJ (under friends lock), but these days I limit any overwhelming need to complain to E-mail and a friend who is willing to listen, because I have anger issues and venting helps. If I don't vent, I'm left feeling ill and miserable all day. But I'm conditioning myself to absolutely refuse to vent in public.
I really don't see a problem with venting under flock, or in email. I know that on the occasions when I've done it (today, in fact!) it makes me feel better and relieves the pressure. I think that venting is a natural human thing and being able to pick the right times and places to do it (i.e. not in the author's comments, and yes, I've done that a time or two, and yes, I felt terrible afterwards) makes us all better fannish citizens. We can't always go around being totally polite even about fic we hate, after all; we're only human. The trick is managing to do the venting in private spaces, including locked journal posts, because what are friends for if not to listen to that sort of thing?
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Ha. Yes! That's exactly what I was getting at above. It's very difficult for me to let go of that. Mary Sues are really just a symptom of the disease - I mean, they're not one of my major bugbears, not even one that I normally think about (though I'm thinking about it lately, obviously).
But I've been trying very hard not to give into said control freak. Yes, I will still occasionally complain on my LJ (under friends lock), but these days I limit any overwhelming need to complain to E-mail and a friend who is willing to listen, because I have anger issues and venting helps. If I don't vent, I'm left feeling ill and miserable all day. But I'm conditioning myself to absolutely refuse to vent in public.
I really don't see a problem with venting under flock, or in email. I know that on the occasions when I've done it (today, in fact!) it makes me feel better and relieves the pressure. I think that venting is a natural human thing and being able to pick the right times and places to do it (i.e. not in the author's comments, and yes, I've done that a time or two, and yes, I felt terrible afterwards) makes us all better fannish citizens. We can't always go around being totally polite even about fic we hate, after all; we're only human. The trick is managing to do the venting in private spaces, including locked journal posts, because what are friends for if not to listen to that sort of thing?