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I need a life, part 495,746
Pertaining to the previous SPN post, a couple of links to interesting discussions on race and gender issues in SPN:
Letter to Eric Kripke
On fannish objections to race/gender discussions of SPN
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stargateficrec two recs each in the Sheppard and Sheppard/McKay friendship categories before the end of the month. Oops.
Hey, a question for everybody: When you rec stories, do you feel compelled to point out the flaws in your rec (making it more like a review, I suppose), or do you try to remain positive?
I find myself taking a different approach when I'm reccing things on my journal vs. at a public rec site likestargateficrec or stargategenrec. In my role as "public" reccer, I really do try to do all-positive recs -- which sometimes means finding things to rec that I really don't have any complaints about, or sometimes forcing myself to avoid mentioning the issues that I might have had with something I'm reccing. (Spelling/grammar mistakes, an ending I didn't like, etc.) I suppose that it seems unfair to bias a reader against something beforehand, when the item that bothered me might not bother them at all.
On my journal, though, I'm usually a lot more honest -- I still wouldn't rec something I didn't feel was worthy of it, obviously, but I do tend to mention things that bugged me about the story as well as things I thought were brilliant. The difference ... I guess that it's a matter of my journal being my own private space, and because it *does* make me a little uncomfortable to rec things I'm not 100% positive about without mentioning the flaws, I'd rather preserve my own comfort in my own journal. On public rec sites, I'm less concerned about my own comfort and more interested in pointing readers at a fic without predisposing them to look for the flaws in it.
As a reccer, what about you? Or is it even something you've thought about?
As a reader, do you prefer an honest, "warts and all" review, or would you rather go into a story with a more positive impression in mind? Or do you even read a rec beyond simply finding links to click on? (Which is actually the approach I take, more often than not. I'll skim the summary part of a rec to find out if the story sounds like my cup of tea, but I don't usually read beyond that because I'd rather be unspoiled.)
As a writer, do you object to having recs of your stories that aren't all-positive? Would you prefer not to be recced at all rather than have your story memorialized for all time as "Great characterization, terrible grammar"? (Me, I don't mind a bit, just for the record. Well, I might gripe in private about a review that I thought was really, truly unfair, but mostly I'm just interested to find out what people have to say about my stories.)
Letter to Eric Kripke
On fannish objections to race/gender discussions of SPN
What I should be doing at the moment is working on my graphic novel script, which is soundly kicking my ass today. Obviously, I'm having some trouble maintaining proper focus. Also, I just realized it's already the 23rd and I still owe
stargateficrec two recs each in the Sheppard and Sheppard/McKay friendship categories before the end of the month. Oops.Hey, a question for everybody: When you rec stories, do you feel compelled to point out the flaws in your rec (making it more like a review, I suppose), or do you try to remain positive?
I find myself taking a different approach when I'm reccing things on my journal vs. at a public rec site like
stargateficrec or stargategenrec. In my role as "public" reccer, I really do try to do all-positive recs -- which sometimes means finding things to rec that I really don't have any complaints about, or sometimes forcing myself to avoid mentioning the issues that I might have had with something I'm reccing. (Spelling/grammar mistakes, an ending I didn't like, etc.) I suppose that it seems unfair to bias a reader against something beforehand, when the item that bothered me might not bother them at all.On my journal, though, I'm usually a lot more honest -- I still wouldn't rec something I didn't feel was worthy of it, obviously, but I do tend to mention things that bugged me about the story as well as things I thought were brilliant. The difference ... I guess that it's a matter of my journal being my own private space, and because it *does* make me a little uncomfortable to rec things I'm not 100% positive about without mentioning the flaws, I'd rather preserve my own comfort in my own journal. On public rec sites, I'm less concerned about my own comfort and more interested in pointing readers at a fic without predisposing them to look for the flaws in it.
As a reccer, what about you? Or is it even something you've thought about?
As a reader, do you prefer an honest, "warts and all" review, or would you rather go into a story with a more positive impression in mind? Or do you even read a rec beyond simply finding links to click on? (Which is actually the approach I take, more often than not. I'll skim the summary part of a rec to find out if the story sounds like my cup of tea, but I don't usually read beyond that because I'd rather be unspoiled.)
As a writer, do you object to having recs of your stories that aren't all-positive? Would you prefer not to be recced at all rather than have your story memorialized for all time as "Great characterization, terrible grammar"? (Me, I don't mind a bit, just for the record. Well, I might gripe in private about a review that I thought was really, truly unfair, but mostly I'm just interested to find out what people have to say about my stories.)
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When it comes to writing recs...I rarely rec'ed before, because I'm always nervous about leaving people out or slighting my friends, and have strange concerns about being judged for my own tastes. Lately I've gotten a delicious account and have been filling that up with recs, which occasionally include caveats. And I'd likely do the same on a public forum, but I'm uneasy about it -
And then, when it comes to people rec'ing my own stuff, I don't care why someone links it or what they say about it, just that they do. No such thing as bad publicity - I'd be fine with someone linking one of my stories saying, 'this is the worst characterization I have ever read, I just wanted to share with you how atrocious it is,' because hey, people would probably come read it anyway! If anything, a review with caveats makes me all the warm & fuzzier - I know my stories aren't perfect (whose are?) but if someone didn't like the ending or whatever, but still enjoyed the story enough to tell other people it's worth reading - that's just awesome.
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while I theoretically believe in the, hmm, 'right' to criticize any art that's put out for public consumption, at the same time not all fanfic'ers are in this game to 'improve their craft' or whatever, and I respect that.
Yeah, that's pretty much me in a nutshell. I believe wholeheartedly that anything out there in the public eye *should* be available for public criticism (just as I believe in theory that fanwork ought to be open to remixing and reficcing just like published works). But when it comes to actual practice -- fandom is supposed to be a *fun* thing, and I don't want to be the person who makes someone else's fannish experience *less* fun. Or turn myself into the epicenter of a wankstorm, of course.
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fandom is supposed to be a *fun* thing
This is my ultimate fannish philosophy - both to have fun myself, and to allow others their fun, however to do that. (Conflict arises when wankstorms are at times fun, as long as one is not part of the colliding atmospheric fronts...)
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(MoS had a great ending. Man, I wish I'd managed to get more friends reading that one, the art of the humans wasn't so hot (even though he rocked spaceships like nobody's business, he totally should go design 'em for SGA) but the writing was crackling!)
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