[ SECRET POST #3345 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3345 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

No offense, but you're really coming across like you're telling them they need to appreciate something when they don't.

If I was a writer writing fic for a show I loved and someone came in to go on about how my fic was superior and then trash the show I was writing it for, I'd be a little peeved. Like I appreciate a compliment but when it comes with a side of "the show you're writing for is such garbage" I'm not really flattered.

It's one thing if they're just criticizing. But when they're putting down the show, that's annoying.

[(Anonymous)]

I have written fic for canons that routinely let down their fans. It's the thwarted potential that draws me in like catnip. Most people in my situation know their shows are lacking, but since the overall package is good, we don't care, in fact, we may defend out crummy little shows from all comers outside of fandom.

[philstar22]

But you are talking about opinions. Not all fans will feel let down, and you never know if the writer in question is disappointed in canon or not. It is better to assume they aren't unless they say something in their author notes or something to suggest they were disappointed with canon.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure why you're belabouring this. Yes, it's opinion. There are no 'perfect' canons, especially these days since everyone seems to feel a compulsive need to nitpick. But people who write for flawed properties are generally aware of the fact. It rarely hurts anyone's feelings to tell them they've exceeded canon. An off topic rant about canon sucks is one thing, but it's either hyperbole, as another posted suggested, and needs to be treated as such or ridiculous, and should also be treated accordingly.

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed. If someone's not a fan of a show anymore and has dropped watching it, or if they still watch but have a LOT of gripes about it, fine.

But sometimes some of their rants have nothing to do with the fic in question they're reviewing, and they're just going off on random tangents that have zero relevance to the story they're commenting on. If someone really wants to complain about a show as a whole, there's plenty of other places they can go to do so. It seems pointless to dump their non-story related gripes into a fic review.

Plus, by doing that, they're making presumptions that I or other people who read the story/see the comments might agree with their rant somehow, too. Which is also annoying.

Sometimes I'll read a story and say something like, "I wish we could've had a scene like this in the show" or "This would've been a perfect add-on to x episode." in my reviews. I feel that's a good way to express a desire about something that would've added to my enjoyment of an episode of a show (whether I already liked the episode in question or not), and it's also a compliment to the writer, if I feel their story was so good as to be worthy of being part of the actual canon.