Something I've noticed
Jul. 10th, 2005 08:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
author_by_nightH/Ders all stick together and rec one another.
R/S's, same thing.
R/Hr's have a site with over a hundred members.
OC writers? Hardly ever do you see them stepping up and supporting one another.
I'm not trying to make people feel bad - I mean, I'm guilty of it too. On one hand, I did a rec comm; on the other, how much have I actually recc'd? And I don't read a whole lot of OC fics, even though I write them.
Why is it that we can't stick up for one another? Why is it that a lot of us look away humming when someone else is harassed, but if someone says something about popular types of fanfics, they get wanked to the point where they won't even post on the website they helped start because fandom got so bad? Why don't we review one another's fanfics?
OC writers sometimes remind me of some of the "less than popular" kids in Middle School. They'd watch in silence as you got teased, or pretend to tie their shoes, and only till the kids were gone would they offer any sort of comfort. If at all. And then it would be them, and they'd be all "OMG EVERYONE JUST STOOD THERE." And they'd condemn the kids who were teasing the others for teasing, even though they'd basically acted like they didn't care when it was happening.
And again, I'm not accusing anyone, because I'm just as guilty. All I am saying is, why are we borderline hypocritical?
(And Fern Withy, this isn't directed at you; your post made me think about it, but I've seen you review other OC authors and stuff, you're actually much better about it all than I am).
R/S's, same thing.
R/Hr's have a site with over a hundred members.
OC writers? Hardly ever do you see them stepping up and supporting one another.
I'm not trying to make people feel bad - I mean, I'm guilty of it too. On one hand, I did a rec comm; on the other, how much have I actually recc'd? And I don't read a whole lot of OC fics, even though I write them.
Why is it that we can't stick up for one another? Why is it that a lot of us look away humming when someone else is harassed, but if someone says something about popular types of fanfics, they get wanked to the point where they won't even post on the website they helped start because fandom got so bad? Why don't we review one another's fanfics?
OC writers sometimes remind me of some of the "less than popular" kids in Middle School. They'd watch in silence as you got teased, or pretend to tie their shoes, and only till the kids were gone would they offer any sort of comfort. If at all. And then it would be them, and they'd be all "OMG EVERYONE JUST STOOD THERE." And they'd condemn the kids who were teasing the others for teasing, even though they'd basically acted like they didn't care when it was happening.
And again, I'm not accusing anyone, because I'm just as guilty. All I am saying is, why are we borderline hypocritical?
(And Fern Withy, this isn't directed at you; your post made me think about it, but I've seen you review other OC authors and stuff, you're actually much better about it all than I am).
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Date: 2005-07-10 11:24 pm (UTC)Sometimes people write things, like a type of genre or pairing, but they don't like to read them. It might be better if you find someone who loves to read original characters to be a recommender. :)
But really, I think that it's because each original character is a different character. With ships, the characters are known and the same/similar in the stories so people who like the characters will be happy (usually). With original characters, the characters are all different, and may not interest the same readers. Plus, perhaps OC fics are just usually long. If they are, then you have to go out on a line, invest time reading this unknown character for a long period of time, and you might not like them at all, or feel as if you wasted your time in the end. Some people don't want to do this. Don't want to take a chance.