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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:
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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:
( Read more... )
( Read more... )
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.
