Someone's being mean on the internet

[rodo]

Does it really make me mean and elitist that I think that Sturgeon's Law applies to fanfiction? Even my own? Because it's wrong and insults the average fanfic writer by calling them incompetent (which, btw, I didn't, I was talking about stories, but apparently story = author).

I really, really should stay away from the internet for a while, or at least certain parts of it. It's just making things worse for me at the moment. Because whatever I try, if I'm feeling even remotely positive about it someone else comes and tears it completely apart.

The only problem is: I don't have anything better to do at the moment.

*whiny post is whiny*

Comments

[rodo]

Yeah, there are many fanfics out there that are much better than canon. I think they're the ones that keep us here (besides the people, of course).

I mostly use rec lists these days and even there I can finish maybe a third of the stories because the rest is either bad or simply boring. I've read fics that were recced everywhere and I still only managed to see the flawed pacing, flat characters and general lack of logic.

There's a reason I haven't found anything that I would call good on ff.de for ages, despite looking every now and again. I start reading promising stories and after two paragraphs the bad style and clumsy exposition throw me out if it. But hey, style is personal and can never be bad. *urgh*

[blnchflr]

I mostly use rec lists these days and even there I can finish maybe a third of the stories because the rest is either bad or simply boring.
Same here - the percentage of fics that I like well enough to finish, let alone rec is tiny, tiny; nothing close to 10%!

That said, making a comment on your post subject title: I do believe it's possible to discuss this in a mean way - since I wasn't there, I don't know if I'd have considered you rude as well :oP ! But as far as theory goes, I'm behind you all the way.

[rodo]

Of course it's possible to be mean about it. But I was told it is impossible to say 90% of fanfic sucks without being mean. Which ... yeah.

ETA: Your icon is scary.

[blnchflr]

When I first saw those spider cartoons, they freaked me out so bad, the only way I could deal with them was to make an icon. Trufax.

Feel free to block the image :o) !

[rodo]

Face your fears, I guess. At least it's only scary and not squicky. Scary I can deal with.