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⌈ Secret Post #5214 ⌋

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Comments

[sabotabby]

This aged like a fine wine. Congrats, OP.

[(Anonymous)]

Nah, I'll stick to monster fantasies that include tentacles. Or, well, tentacle-like things. (If fantasizing about Venom is wrong, I don't want to be right.)

Re: What kind of people do you trust and/or alternatively not trust?

[kaijinscendre]

I don't trust anyone who says they hate kids or animals.

[(Anonymous)]

I think OP is talking about people who don't ask for critique and also complain about not getting any comments. And yes, it's possible that the lack of comments are because people have a hard time saying anything about the fic in the first place, given its flaws.

It's sort of like stating "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" and then complaining when people don't say anything at all.

Re: Which poets do you like and/or dislike?

[(Anonymous)]

I hate Philip Larkin and I won't stop hating him until I'm deep in the cold ground. Disingenuous arrogant little shit and the fact that he had an incredibly fine technical command of meter and language only makes it worse.

Re: Which poets do you like and/or dislike?

[philstar22]

I love just about everything by Edgar Allen Poe.

Re: Which poets do you like and/or dislike?

[(Anonymous)]

Ports I like - Frank Stanford! Everybody read Frank Stanford he fucking rules

Also Rilke is great and all the beat / Black Mountain people

Re: Music Share Thread

[philstar22]

Blind Guardian- Ninth Wave. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klVGR0JZmcg

Clamavi de Profundis- The Battle of Sauron and Finrod Felegund. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eWZCYuYR6s

Wardruna- Loydomsriss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54PpjO0bKWI

Faun- Holla. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQuj8TDPI8

Heilung- Svanrand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGzOj5JTMnE

Tribe Society- Kings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU7co2-yn_Q

[(Anonymous)]

Holy hell, yes, this.

I also love the argument "I'm not looking to improve" because. they seem to act like people's critiques are telling them to be professional-level writers or something. No, it's just meant as, "Hey, if you feel like you aren't getting a lot of readers or comments, here are some reasons why that might be that you can look at."

Also, if this is really meant to be just a fun hobby, fine. I fully agree, fanfic is supposed to be a fun hobby. So if that's the case, then authors need to stop obsessing over their stats in comparison to other people's, as though it were some kind of competition. And they need to stop with the Patrons and commissions and demands to get some kind of monetary payment for their fic. I totally get wanting and liking kudos and comments and such, I love getting that stuff, too. And I can understand taking some interest in your stats from time to time, for your own personal reasons.

But if you're obsessing that much over your stats, to where you're freaking out because someone else is doing better than you or whatever and turning it into some kind of competition, then you've officially sucked all the fun out of what you claim is supposed to be a hobby, and it makes it much harder to take the "I don't need to improve, I'm just doing this for fun!" argument seriously.

And if you're asking for money for your fics (and I'm setting aside all the legal issues involved in doing that), then that's also an indicator that it's clearly NOT just a fun hobby anymore. If you're at the point where you think you deserve to be paid for your writing, then you should be able to handle some critique of your work.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT. I'm a bit confused by this: "people who don't ask for critique" -- how can you tell for certain if someone *doesn't* ask for critique (aside from them stating publicly "I NEVER ask for critique" -- which, again, I haven't seen anyone say something like that)? I don't publicly ask for critique, but I privately ask for critique from my beta, my partner, on closed writing communities dedicated to feedback, etc. A random friend I have on the internet who's following me on social media isn't going to see any of my calls for critique because I don't issue them in public...

Re: Which poets do you like and/or dislike?

[kaijinscendre]

The only poetry I've ever really liked was the Shel Silverstein stuff. Otherwise, just not a fan.

Re: Which poets do you like and/or dislike?

[(Anonymous)]

May I have some examples of his arrogance? You've made me curious.

Re: Music Share Thread

[kaijinscendre]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor released a new album and it is fantastic. https://youtu.be/2zIHPCt0Q2c

[(Anonymous)]

Xanga was my pro-ana hangout, so I can't exactly say my nostalgia for it is uncomplicated. But man my memories of that place are vivid.

Re: Wishful thinking thread

[(Anonymous)]

Sophie Okonedo. https://c8.alamy.com/comp/RRJ05M/english-actress-sophie-okonedo-attends-the-ee-british-academy-film-awards-at-the-royal-albert-hall-in-london-10th-february-2019-paul-treadway-RRJ05M.jpg

I just love her smile and her whole face.

Re: Wishful thinking thread

[(Anonymous)]

Oooo Debbie Harry! Good one.

Re: What kind of people do you trust and/or alternatively not trust?

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly, I don't trust anybody! I trusted my mom, but she's gone.

I trusted my ex fiance: cheater. My best friend from school did some jackass things to me later (and actually back then but I was too forgiving). I just lack trust now, generally. I keep my own counsel and rely on myself.

[(Anonymous)]

This is very much my feelings on the matter as well. Like, I'm not super squicked by hardcore monsterfucking, but it's very much not my scene. My personal taste is basically humanoids only. The humanoids can have add-ons of whatever kind. The humanoids can also have an alternate form that isn't humanoid. But for fucking purposes, the basic humanoid configuration is a necessity for me.

[(Anonymous)]

that poor woman's back must hurt like crazy when she walks around without a bra.

[(Anonymous)]

Too soon, man. Too soon.

... well, I suppose technically you missed it. Still feels like too soon tho.

[(Anonymous)]

The ones I've seen complaining about not getting any comments have mostly been the kind of people who get angry about getting short comments like 'great fic :)' instead of elaborate essay-length comments praising how good they are.

Re: Which poets do you like and/or dislike?

[(Anonymous)]

what about Ogden Nash or Dorothy Parker?

Re: What kind of people do you trust and/or alternatively not trust?

[(Anonymous)]

The kind of people who are a little too into discourse and ship wars.

Like, I get it if it was some of the time because of interests and shit, but when a person just post nothing but what whatever fandoms is problematic - I just know its time to back away and maybe block if needs be.

[(Anonymous)]

Things can be good and someone can still not like them tho, if there's one thing that's subjective it's individual taste in poetry

[(Anonymous)]

I'm gonna be real here, any time I have encountered an artist who came across as smug (as opposed to just, like, confident) I have always instantly disliked that artist and their work. smugness is inherently obnoxious