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peridot_linesI keep wanting to make a post and constructing these random things and then completely scrapping them because they're not the right words, or it's not the right post. And then... today, it becomes clear to me. It's not that they aren't right, it's that they aren't safe.
See, the problem is, I've had a lot on my mind lately, especially when it comes to where I stand online. Fandom isn't the same world it was when I walked into it around three years ago, and it bothers me. I don't know if I just didn't see it before, but I'm getting the sense that people think it's more about them than anyone else. People don't post fanfiction because they love a ship or a show, they post it because they want comments, no matter how bad the fic might be. And if you attempt to point out a flaw, it's immediately considered a flame. When did a minor suggestion for improvement become a flame? When did mediocrity suddenly become the standard?
I saw all of this going on before I really started pulling back from GSR and CSI, and I thought for a while there, maybe I wasn't going to see it in femslash. Then, my rose-colored glasses failed, and suddenly the same practices were there, only a million times more prevalent. I keep hoping and praying![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
passion_perfect will pick up some more moderators or go on moderated posting, and yet... no. People slap-dash a fic post together, mangle the hell out of a cut, ignore the rules, and then just let it sit there when five people ask them to please fix their cut, or even ADD a cut.
It frustrates me to no end when I see these posts anywhere, but even more so with femslash. Right now, it's doing nothing for it's name, nothing. The International Day of Femslash isn't serving the purpose they want it to. It's not going to flood all fandom venues with femslash, it's going to flood all femslash venues with femslash. How is that spreading the "word of femslash" to anyone else? Please, enlighten me.
So, no more being safe for me. I know there's a right time and a right place for words, and I always try to choose mine carefully. But right now, these words have been stewing for a while, and they need to be said. So, I'm saying them. The end.
See, the problem is, I've had a lot on my mind lately, especially when it comes to where I stand online. Fandom isn't the same world it was when I walked into it around three years ago, and it bothers me. I don't know if I just didn't see it before, but I'm getting the sense that people think it's more about them than anyone else. People don't post fanfiction because they love a ship or a show, they post it because they want comments, no matter how bad the fic might be. And if you attempt to point out a flaw, it's immediately considered a flame. When did a minor suggestion for improvement become a flame? When did mediocrity suddenly become the standard?
I saw all of this going on before I really started pulling back from GSR and CSI, and I thought for a while there, maybe I wasn't going to see it in femslash. Then, my rose-colored glasses failed, and suddenly the same practices were there, only a million times more prevalent. I keep hoping and praying
passion_perfect will pick up some more moderators or go on moderated posting, and yet... no. People slap-dash a fic post together, mangle the hell out of a cut, ignore the rules, and then just let it sit there when five people ask them to please fix their cut, or even ADD a cut.It frustrates me to no end when I see these posts anywhere, but even more so with femslash. Right now, it's doing nothing for it's name, nothing. The International Day of Femslash isn't serving the purpose they want it to. It's not going to flood all fandom venues with femslash, it's going to flood all femslash venues with femslash. How is that spreading the "word of femslash" to anyone else? Please, enlighten me.
So, no more being safe for me. I know there's a right time and a right place for words, and I always try to choose mine carefully. But right now, these words have been stewing for a while, and they need to be said. So, I'm saying them. The end.
