I am an avid reader of fanfictions and I never fail to go to fanfiction.net everytime I am in front of a computer (like right now, I am at work and looking at that particular website while troubleshooting connectivity issues). Anyway, I recently came across a particular author who had nothing else to do except flame other authors.
It seems that she hates Mary Sues. To define this a Mary Sue is a character who is totally perfect, no flaws or anything that would mar her personality. She is someone who can do anything and is unstoppable. She is the object of every man's fantasy and lust as well. If there's anyone who can elaborate or correct me further on this definition that would be great.
Fanfictions are fictions or works written by fans of anime, cartoons, tv series, books (gee, I wonder why you have to write fanfictions based on books, this I will never be able to figure out...ok, we are getting out of the subject here). Anyway, this is one good way of expressing oneself even if the charcters are not exactly original but this is one of the ways to exercise one's creativity and eventually evolve to write real-life stories.
Anyway, going back to that author she flames writers who does not meet her standards of what a good fanfiction should be. She did write her own work and honestly I find it funny and her style is sarcastic and mocking. I was laughing while I read it, heck I tried not to laugh out loud since I was at awork. But it was really funny in a mean way.
I am not here to flame her back or defend the authors she had just flamed but to state that both of them has a point. The author is right that there are some writers whose works are plain lousy and I would love to flame them to death for their plain stupidity in writing stories. Some don't even have plot and the content is horrible. These people would need to either expand their horizons or read further.
But these authors are quite young where most of them are only high school students. The oldest writers I have met so far are on their junior year in college and I am sure that adult writers are even more difficult to find (at least in anime fanfiction anyway). So it means that generally speaking, these writers are still immature and have no idea how the world works outside their home and classrooms. They need improvement definitely though it should be done in a constructive way not in a way that would offend them.
If that doesn't work, well they better get a hint. Or take a hike. Whatever.
I'm not much into correcting grammatical errors since I have grammar problems as well. But what I am after is the story content, plot and beauty.
As I was reading the flames and counterflames on the review area the first thing that came into my mind was: whoa, this is supposed to be the review section not a forum. If they want to flame each other please do it somewhere else. I understand that they are defending that particular flamed writer, but review sections are used to point out the improvements an author has to make not turn it to a free for all flame forum. Good thing that author has a blog here in blogger.com, she strikes back really nicely. Spiteful, but nice.
As I continued reading the review sections of ff.net, I thought to myself that I maybe, just maybe I could be a mediator for these guys. Like the ones at forums who can remove the topic and keep an eye on their members. Obviously that doesn't work here in the fanfiction community.
Nevertheless, the cycle of flames and counterflames will continue and I will be there reading and observing from afar.
It seems that she hates Mary Sues. To define this a Mary Sue is a character who is totally perfect, no flaws or anything that would mar her personality. She is someone who can do anything and is unstoppable. She is the object of every man's fantasy and lust as well. If there's anyone who can elaborate or correct me further on this definition that would be great.
Fanfictions are fictions or works written by fans of anime, cartoons, tv series, books (gee, I wonder why you have to write fanfictions based on books, this I will never be able to figure out...ok, we are getting out of the subject here). Anyway, this is one good way of expressing oneself even if the charcters are not exactly original but this is one of the ways to exercise one's creativity and eventually evolve to write real-life stories.
Anyway, going back to that author she flames writers who does not meet her standards of what a good fanfiction should be. She did write her own work and honestly I find it funny and her style is sarcastic and mocking. I was laughing while I read it, heck I tried not to laugh out loud since I was at awork. But it was really funny in a mean way.
I am not here to flame her back or defend the authors she had just flamed but to state that both of them has a point. The author is right that there are some writers whose works are plain lousy and I would love to flame them to death for their plain stupidity in writing stories. Some don't even have plot and the content is horrible. These people would need to either expand their horizons or read further.
But these authors are quite young where most of them are only high school students. The oldest writers I have met so far are on their junior year in college and I am sure that adult writers are even more difficult to find (at least in anime fanfiction anyway). So it means that generally speaking, these writers are still immature and have no idea how the world works outside their home and classrooms. They need improvement definitely though it should be done in a constructive way not in a way that would offend them.
If that doesn't work, well they better get a hint. Or take a hike. Whatever.
I'm not much into correcting grammatical errors since I have grammar problems as well. But what I am after is the story content, plot and beauty.
As I was reading the flames and counterflames on the review area the first thing that came into my mind was: whoa, this is supposed to be the review section not a forum. If they want to flame each other please do it somewhere else. I understand that they are defending that particular flamed writer, but review sections are used to point out the improvements an author has to make not turn it to a free for all flame forum. Good thing that author has a blog here in blogger.com, she strikes back really nicely. Spiteful, but nice.
As I continued reading the review sections of ff.net, I thought to myself that I maybe, just maybe I could be a mediator for these guys. Like the ones at forums who can remove the topic and keep an eye on their members. Obviously that doesn't work here in the fanfiction community.
Nevertheless, the cycle of flames and counterflames will continue and I will be there reading and observing from afar.
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