[ SECRET POST #2718 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2718 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I've seen it in the past, reported on metafandom. I remember, in particular, a Supernatural fic set in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake. The wank went on for weeks, and I've always wondered whether the writer, who was probably little more than a child, survived it. I never read the fic, so I can't tell you what it was about, and I doubt it's still online.

[(Anonymous)]

I remember when that happened, and read some of the fic and some of the criticism. While I don't think the flaming should have gone on for weeks (if it did) and I definitely hate the 'dog-piling' mentality, I think that the criticism was pretty justified for this fic. Using an at that time very recent tragedy the aftermaths of which were still being felt as a backdrop for the true love story of your favourite white American actors, and have all the Haitian original characters conform to lazy token black character stereotypes? Not cool. There was a reason a lot of people were not impressed.

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ayrt

Totally not cool. But also not deserving of the relentless attacks the writer was subjected to.

[(Anonymous)]

Disasters in particular are always very hot buttons; 9/11 is still considered inappropriate to mention in many places, and it's been nearly thirteen years.

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What do you count as 'little more than a child' tho? 14, 16? Or 18? (which is nowhere near being a child anymore) Because that fic had some pretty refined prose and some filthy sex scenes for me to believe anyone under 16 wrote it. I'm not endorsing it in any way, I'm just saying that it was structurally put together, more than I'd give any teenager credit for.

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ayrt

I'm old, so all of those ages seem very young to me! And if I think about the sort of 'social' mistakes I might have made at 18 that I wouldn't make now that I'm more experienced...

I just hate dog piling. I hate the singling out and hurting of a real person on behalf of a largely theoretical victim. I hate the belief that a mistake gives people the right to act like vigilantes.