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I Hate Flamers, Why are the Dumb?
Jun. 12th, 2007 10:06 amOkay, so you don't like a story? Keep it to yourself!
I post a lot of my stories, even non-crossovers, on Twisting the Hellmouth because there are a few writers on there who like to read all of my writing, not just crossovers.
I recently wrote a story/ficlet called "Bleed for You," which was mostly about Wesley angsting about his attraction for Angel and all the ways he'd screwed things up.
But this is the review I got for it: How about you mark this slash so those of us who don't like OOC buttsecks can use the slash-block function to pretend it doesn't exsist.
On TtH, there is a function, a button you can check that will label it as a "Story contains sexual activity between two (or more) male characters."
But there wasn't any sexual content for christ's sake! It was angsting, which is why I didn't mark it as slash.
So I sent the following response to the person:
"I apologize for the fact that you inadvertantly were forced to read my "OOC buttsecks" even though there was no slash interaction or sex in the story.
I purposely chose not to use said function as it is to be used for "Story contains sexual activity between two (or more) male characters." It didn't. I dealt with sexual attraction on the part of one male, not both. However, I felt I more than made up for it in the fact that my description clearly stated that the story would be dealing with Wesley having loving feelings for Angel.
So apparently you'll just have to do what so many reads do: read the description and use it to decided whether or not you want to read the story, and if you'll agree with the pairing."
I know it will just make it worse, but seriously, they're supposed to be reading fic, so is it that hard to read a description and use their brain?! So, in an attempt to clarify this for my own piece of mind, and because I don't actually want to break any rules, I posted a question on the forum, and according to one of the moderators:
"Sounds to me like your interpreting everything correctly. A simple rule of thumb is: if the pairing was girl/boy would you tick the hetero sex warning box?"
So I feel validated, although now I wish I could delete that comment.
At first I was pissed, but I'll admit it. Now I'm just damn smug.
I post a lot of my stories, even non-crossovers, on Twisting the Hellmouth because there are a few writers on there who like to read all of my writing, not just crossovers.
I recently wrote a story/ficlet called "Bleed for You," which was mostly about Wesley angsting about his attraction for Angel and all the ways he'd screwed things up.
But this is the review I got for it: How about you mark this slash so those of us who don't like OOC buttsecks can use the slash-block function to pretend it doesn't exsist.
On TtH, there is a function, a button you can check that will label it as a "Story contains sexual activity between two (or more) male characters."
But there wasn't any sexual content for christ's sake! It was angsting, which is why I didn't mark it as slash.
So I sent the following response to the person:
"I apologize for the fact that you inadvertantly were forced to read my "OOC buttsecks" even though there was no slash interaction or sex in the story.
I purposely chose not to use said function as it is to be used for "Story contains sexual activity between two (or more) male characters." It didn't. I dealt with sexual attraction on the part of one male, not both. However, I felt I more than made up for it in the fact that my description clearly stated that the story would be dealing with Wesley having loving feelings for Angel.
So apparently you'll just have to do what so many reads do: read the description and use it to decided whether or not you want to read the story, and if you'll agree with the pairing."
I know it will just make it worse, but seriously, they're supposed to be reading fic, so is it that hard to read a description and use their brain?! So, in an attempt to clarify this for my own piece of mind, and because I don't actually want to break any rules, I posted a question on the forum, and according to one of the moderators:
"Sounds to me like your interpreting everything correctly. A simple rule of thumb is: if the pairing was girl/boy would you tick the hetero sex warning box?"
So I feel validated, although now I wish I could delete that comment.
At first I was pissed, but I'll admit it. Now I'm just damn smug.
