fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #790 ]

⌈ Secret Post #790 ⌋

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

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[BSG]

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[The Land Before Time]

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[Stranger Than Fiction]

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[Sonny with a Chance]

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[Psychonauts]

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[Kaya]

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[Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie]

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[Skins]

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[Role Models]

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[Heroes]

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[David Cook, Highlander]

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[Usagi Drop, Yotsuba, Aishiteruze Baby, and Clannad]

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[SGA]

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[21 Jump Street]

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[The CollegeHumor Show]

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[Metalocalypse]

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[Make Me a Supermodel, The Prince of Tennis]

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[rocknrolla]

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[American Idol/Nick "Norman Gentle" Mitchell]

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[BSG]

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[Slayers]

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[Gundam 00]

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[Bones]

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[Chuck]

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[Slayers]

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[Legend Of Galactic Heroes]

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[Lolita]

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[ushio okazaki]

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[the minami family / hayate the combat butler]

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[The Phantom]

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[Ben Miller (Primeval)]

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[Death Note]

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[Harlem Beat wa Yoake made]

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[Hard Candy]

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Any commenter who thinks of their feedback as a "gift" to fandom has a fucking ego the size of Alaska. You're supposed to reply because you appreciated the fic, not because you're a feedback whore.

The point is someone has done something nice for you -- i.e., commented on your fic to let you know they liked it -- and you should respond to that niceness with a polite thank you in return. You have not done something nice for fandom by blessing it with your fic/art. You have done something FOR YOURSELF by posting it so others can respond to it. I don't understand why that basic difference is so hard to understand.

Did fanfic writers run over your dog or something?

Your attitude seems to be that writing and posting a fanfic has no worth to anyone because it probably sucks anyway and nobody but the writer benefits. But every comment to it, no matter what, is a special and precious gift to the community. Never mind that people generally read fanfics because they enjoy it, and that if you didn't it's dishonest to tell the writer you did; never mind the comparative amounts of work that go into each; never mind that replying to a fic with concrit can serve a constructive purpose, which is vastly different from a two-word response. If you've written and posted a fanfic, you've already screwed yourself over, apparently, and you should be grateful anyone else deigns to give you the time of day.

How is putting time and effort into something I think other people who share similar interests will enjoy doing something for myself? I post things so other people can ENJOY them (heck, sometime I post things ANONYMOUSLY, so there's ZERO direct benefit to me there), NOT so I can get delicious, presious comments. I don't understand why the idea that some people don't obsess over who commented or replied to who is so hard for you to grasp.

Authors post to share with fandom AND to receive feedback. Notice I said feedback, not praise. This has nothing to do with "obsessing over comments." Don't tell me when you post things for others to enjoy that you don't like receiving feedback to let you know if they DID like it, because that's bullshit. If you have no idea whether or not people liked it, or don't care, you ARE posting for yourself. "Zero benefit from anon posting," is complete crap. Just because no one knows it's you doesn't mean you don't receive the benefits of any feedback you read.

Readers enjoy (or, er, not) and reply - generally to at least thank the author for putting in the effort. Authors reply to thank readers for putting in the effort to comment. And that is where it ends.

Pretty basic back-and-forth.

The entitlement/assumptions of entitlement in this thread are amazing. Nobody is "owed" comments, but the back-and-forth is the currency that keeps the whole damn machine running.

Nobody is "owed" comments, but the back-and-forth is the currency that keeps the whole damn machine running.

WORD. Fuck, that's all I can say.

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