[ SECRET POST #6406 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6406 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

What's with people thinking every fic has to be "enjoyable" or "hated it," and if you didn't hate it, you must have enjoyed it, stop lying to yourself?

A lot of fics can be not good without being bad, and you can read through something even if you wouldn't describe it as enjoyable. I read through some fics hoping they will get better but then it doesn't. Or thinking maybe an interesting ending will redeem a bland plot but then it doesn't.

Like the whole point of a 5 star system is that 2, 3, and 4 can exist where you don't hate or love something. I wouldn't call something 2/5 enjoyable, but I wouldn't be all shocked and confused if someone started watched something worth a 2* rating then watched through to the end, one time, to see if it got better. And if it didn't, that doesn't mean they suddenly secretly enjoyed it the whole time just because they gave it a fair chance.

[(Anonymous)]

^ That's literally why you'd rate it a 2 out of 5. Because it didn't quite reach "enjoyable," even though you gave it a chance.

[(Anonymous)]

fanfics are not marked, as I understand? People seem to hate Goodreads rating for it here.

People reading 2/5 fics are into pain, got it.

[(Anonymous)]

Whooooooosh.

[(Anonymous)]

?

[(Anonymous)]

That was the point going right over your head.

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, well, if you're gonna ignore everything I said, then there's no point in replying any more. Nice talk, see you tomorrow.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't understand why you read 2/5 fanfics and why you have something to say only about 5/5 fanfics.

[(Anonymous)]

How do you know something is a 2/5 fanfic or a 5/5 fanfic?

Also, they do have something to say about 2/5 fic. It just isn't very nice, so they don't say it.

[(Anonymous)]

DA but it's often real easy to tell that a fic is going to be 2/5 just based on the summary, title, tags, etc. There are usually indicators.

Sometimes you're so desperate for fic in a given pairing that you read the fic anyway out of hope but. You know.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

While I think you're right that that can be the case sometimes, it isn't always. Some fics have a great summary and the right tags, but terrible execution -- and the reverse happens, as well. I don't think there's any foolproof way to avoid all 2\5 fics and read only 5\5 ones.

DA

[(Anonymous)]

Everyone is shitting too hard on 2/5 too, imo. It's not 1/5 or 0/5, and 3/5 is slightly above average? It's not like people are going out reading terrible awful unredeemable shitfic and being like "hmm yeah I give that a 4/10, just below average." 2/5 fic is the stuff you'd give a try once then decide you don't like, not stuff you mashed the back button at in the first chapter.

'Mediocre' doesn't = terrible and 'didn't particularly enjoy' doesn't = hated.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt
I read the fic, duh. If it's bad, then it's bad. If it's fine I continue to read. Do you just magically discover that you liked/disliked the fic after you finish the last line?

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Sometimes the last line can make or break a fic. I remember reading an AU piece about 15 years ago. It had been entertaining but not something that was super original. The last line, though, really tied all the emotional threads together and cemented the sense of place. That's when I realized, "You know what? That was a good story in spite of it taking some sort of convoluted turns."

[(Anonymous)]

If I were to read a crossover that was getting convoluted I'd drop it so quick. It's nice to know that patience pays off sometimes.

[(Anonymous)]

You're an asshole.

[(Anonymous)]

fuck you.

[(Anonymous)]

Like the whole point of a 5 star system is that 2, 3, and 4 can exist where you don't hate or love something.

If you've ever worked any kind of job where you get customer service surveys, or hell if you've ever read Amazon reviews, you know that ain't how it works.

[(Anonymous)]

2-4 star Amazon reviews are the most useful ones, tbh. 1s and 5s can generally be safely ignored, from a consumer perspective.

[(Anonymous)]

Also, if you've ever seen movie or TV reviews, you know that's exactly how it does work!

Unless you're saying fanfics are more like "exchanging money for goods and services" than "rating other forms of entertainment" and that says volumes about how people are currently viewing it as the former, when they probably should be viewing it as the latter.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm saying that polarization is inevitable. If something isn't a 5-star, it's a failure. That's partly capitalist moneylogic, but it's also partly how human brains work: why would I waste valuable units of currency (free time, rather than money, but even so) reading 4-star fic when I could be reading 5-star fic? In function, review scales inevitably end up representing a pass-fail system regardless.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FourPointScale