SGA ficrec

[starrylizard]

Men of Action by boochicken (Gen, G)

This is hilarious! Poor little team action figures. :P


On another note, I was pleasantly surprised to find this very interesting, well-thought out and presented essay dealing with the latest LJ deletions and the responsibilities of fanfic writers.

If you're at all interested, go have a look. Responsible fanfic

Comments

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

See that isn't how I read it.

Heatherly does say that it all depends on the person. Some people who have experienced these kinds of things do write and read them, others don't and find them highly offensive and a lot of the real world find them offensive.

Where you see implied: if you write it, you must not know this.

I see implied: if you write it, she hopes you are aware that others may view it differently and that there are real life issues that are very serious.

So if you're going "well duh!" then you know that, so it's not a problem. I would have thought her main point was just be aware that the people outside of the fandom bubble are likely to view it differently.

I hope you won't mind me contradicting you here, but I just wanted to have my say. You're of course free to continue to disagree.

SL

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

...she hopes you are aware that others may view it differently and that there are real life issues that are very serious.

My answer isn't "well, duh" -- though, yeah, that applies. It's "tough shit."

Do you honestly think that anyone who writes chan doesn't know it's disturbing to some people? Why warn for it if it's a surprise that it bothers some?

Likewise, I'm fully aware that are those who dislike slash, and who would be deeply disturbed that I write it (or that it even exists). I've had long arguments with those types of people on the barrow-downs in the Lord of the Rings fandom.

I have no intention of giving one millimeter to those people, or to heatherly. She and the anti-slash people (there's no difference) are going to have to suck it up and learn how to read warnings and use the Back button.

Icarus