snacky: (FH fox I...what?)
a little snacki snacc ([personal profile] snacky) wrote in [personal profile] rthstewart 2011-07-22 08:34 pm (UTC)

Re: I am amused by your last sentence.

After having read your profile and your stories, I have to say, she's right in not wanting to click.

I don't get it, and I certainly don't get you ripping apart the Mary Sue stories you find oh so painful with a rather painful Mary Sue of your own. But hey, to each their own.

Fanfic's a matter of taste for the most part. The things you like, not everyone else does. Yes, there are things you can complain about objectively (bad spelling, grammar, plotholes, etc.), but the things you're targeting in your stories are very subjective, as all matters of taste are.

I'm not sure why you feel the need to rip apart the things that other people like - I mean, we all have come across crappy stories, but most of us behave like adults and just keep going - or why you give these fics so much power that they enrage you, and you just can't stop yourself from writing these Slayer fics in response. A more sensible reaction would seem to be to find and read fics you like, and write the kind of fic you enjoy.

However, if this is how you enjoy fandom - by reading stuff that pisses you off and writing mean, angry Mary Sue fic in response, by all means, have at it. We're all here in fandom to enjoy ourselves, and if this is what you enjoy - being nasty about fic and getting defensive when called on it - well, I may think you're wasting your time and misunderstanding the concept of fun, but to each their own.

Just like I don't have to waste my time reading crappy "girl falls into Narnia" Mary Sue fic, I don't have to waste my time reading ragey "Mary Sue destroys other Mary Sues" fic either, especially when there are much better fics out there to fill my reading hours.

But good luck to you and your Mary Sue on your quest to stop other Mary Sues!

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