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epicycle and other slash writers (and non-writers which is rather odd), but the comments are terribly amusing.
Kissaki had a wonderful question about just what wacko's criteria was, but wacko never answered. Darn. I was so looking forward to a theological debate. (Icarus' former debating opponents quiver slightly... even those who won are slow to recover from the experience.)
I'll have you know thatepicycle is guilty. Guilty, guilty, guilty.
Her crimes:
- Totally re-writing Draco Malfoy, in such a compelling way the entire fanon has been infected. He's so damned sexy, no one remembers he's a brat dammit!
- Completely re-writing Harry Potter, in such a way that half the fanon forgets - Harry's a nice guy!
- Using cliched, implausible, rip-off plot devices... evil magic swords (Elric anyone?)... the ever-present polyjuice... good god, the blood bond again... and pulling it off so damned well, you feel guilty about it when you remember, yes I have heard this before. Shit. I've written this before.
More crimes:
- Abusing Ron! And that's a crime in and of itself. (Icarus looks shifty, recalling the, er, recent Percy/Ron drabble...)
- Making Hermione... a sought after sex object by Harry and Draco?
- Blaise Zambini, the perfect sultry evil redhead you want to strangle. If that's not a self-insert I will eat my hat. (Which, fortunately, is made of lettuce.)
- Fucking endless cliff-hangers!
- Not enough transitions!
- Over the top action that leaves you numb from the horror of the character's lives... poison, dozens of evil overlords, fights, missing persons (I'm going to rename Draco Veritas 'Check the Milk Carton'), friendships destroyed, almost sex (thank God Ron at least got laid), death plots...
(bluebird of happiness shrivels up and dies.)
- Fucking endless cliff-hangers! (Waitaminute, I said that, didn't I?)
She should be shot. But she has to finish Draco Veritas ('Check the Milk Carton') first.
A note to those who dislike Cassandra Claire:
Yes, yes, I know. There have been a number of unpleasant incidences involving Cassandra Claire and other prominent writers in fandom. Each time, I mark a note in my book, and observe that there are no repeat offences with the other writers, but 'Cassandra problems' keep turning up. Hmm.
There are many people whom I like, but I gag when I read their stories.
There others whom I think I probably wouldn't like, but I read their stories avidly, not caring in the least.
For the record:
The Draco Trilogy is not a patishe. But I still enjoy it.
One does not give bad reviews to other authors just because they didn't like your story.
I understand. I have flamed good writers when they've irritated me.
I'm very nice to the hopelessly bad writers. If they're truly awful, I don't humiliate them further by reading their crap. Some have reviewed my stories, then asked me to read and review theirs. Sure. I've read, but I can't be so cruel as to give my honest opinion, which is by nature unfiltered. If there is no hope, there is no hope.
I'm relatively gentle with the developing writers. I beat them up a little on what needs to be worked on, but overall I'm pleasant.
But I'm ruthless with the good writers. The bar is higher with them.
I've flamed (alright, harsh con-crit) Cassandra Claire for her cliffhangers (while laughing hysterically at the 'Snape doing a rhumba' image), sent Minx good review after good review for her phenomenal sex scenes - than told her honestly when I thought her OC's didn't work - I ripped Sushi for not indicating who's talking dammit and after that terrific Harry/Snape banter, too! I'm currently wincing over a beloved friend's story, which was fantastic but now she's drifting off into so much symbolism the plot and even the characters motives are lost in it.
I always send my bad reviews in private email though.
I think it's important, so the writer isn't put on the defensive by being embarrassed in a public forum. When the critic is a publicly recognized 'name' like 'Cybele' or 'Cassandra Claire' or 'Cedar' it is especially important to do so, because their negative opinion carries so much weight.
The journal's been deleted (thank goodness) I believe for the threats made to
epicycle and other slash writers (and non-writers which is rather odd), but the comments are terribly amusing.Kissaki had a wonderful question about just what wacko's criteria was, but wacko never answered. Darn. I was so looking forward to a theological debate. (Icarus' former debating opponents quiver slightly... even those who won are slow to recover from the experience.)
I'll have you know that
epicycle is guilty. Guilty, guilty, guilty.Her crimes:
- Totally re-writing Draco Malfoy, in such a compelling way the entire fanon has been infected. He's so damned sexy, no one remembers he's a brat dammit!
- Completely re-writing Harry Potter, in such a way that half the fanon forgets - Harry's a nice guy!
- Using cliched, implausible, rip-off plot devices... evil magic swords (Elric anyone?)... the ever-present polyjuice... good god, the blood bond again... and pulling it off so damned well, you feel guilty about it when you remember, yes I have heard this before. Shit. I've written this before.
More crimes:
- Abusing Ron! And that's a crime in and of itself. (Icarus looks shifty, recalling the, er, recent Percy/Ron drabble...)
- Making Hermione... a sought after sex object by Harry and Draco?
- Blaise Zambini, the perfect sultry evil redhead you want to strangle. If that's not a self-insert I will eat my hat. (Which, fortunately, is made of lettuce.)
- Fucking endless cliff-hangers!
- Not enough transitions!
- Over the top action that leaves you numb from the horror of the character's lives... poison, dozens of evil overlords, fights, missing persons (I'm going to rename Draco Veritas 'Check the Milk Carton'), friendships destroyed, almost sex (thank God Ron at least got laid), death plots...
(bluebird of happiness shrivels up and dies.)
- Fucking endless cliff-hangers! (Waitaminute, I said that, didn't I?)
She should be shot. But she has to finish Draco Veritas ('Check the Milk Carton') first.
A note to those who dislike Cassandra Claire:
Yes, yes, I know. There have been a number of unpleasant incidences involving Cassandra Claire and other prominent writers in fandom. Each time, I mark a note in my book, and observe that there are no repeat offences with the other writers, but 'Cassandra problems' keep turning up. Hmm.
There are many people whom I like, but I gag when I read their stories.
There others whom I think I probably wouldn't like, but I read their stories avidly, not caring in the least.
For the record:
The Draco Trilogy is not a patishe. But I still enjoy it.
One does not give bad reviews to other authors just because they didn't like your story.
I understand. I have flamed good writers when they've irritated me.
I'm very nice to the hopelessly bad writers. If they're truly awful, I don't humiliate them further by reading their crap. Some have reviewed my stories, then asked me to read and review theirs. Sure. I've read, but I can't be so cruel as to give my honest opinion, which is by nature unfiltered. If there is no hope, there is no hope.
I'm relatively gentle with the developing writers. I beat them up a little on what needs to be worked on, but overall I'm pleasant.
But I'm ruthless with the good writers. The bar is higher with them.
I've flamed (alright, harsh con-crit) Cassandra Claire for her cliffhangers (while laughing hysterically at the 'Snape doing a rhumba' image), sent Minx good review after good review for her phenomenal sex scenes - than told her honestly when I thought her OC's didn't work - I ripped Sushi for not indicating who's talking dammit and after that terrific Harry/Snape banter, too! I'm currently wincing over a beloved friend's story, which was fantastic but now she's drifting off into so much symbolism the plot and even the characters motives are lost in it.
I always send my bad reviews in private email though.
I think it's important, so the writer isn't put on the defensive by being embarrassed in a public forum. When the critic is a publicly recognized 'name' like 'Cybele' or 'Cassandra Claire' or 'Cedar' it is especially important to do so, because their negative opinion carries so much weight.
