Oh Fuck It
Mar. 19th, 2008 02:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hector_rashbaumEvery time there's discussion/wank/whining/whatever about lack of feedback on RockFic, at least one person will bring up that people only read the stuff about their own favorite bands like there's something wrong with it, or how they read everything as if they expect some kind of prize or pat on the back.
What would be nice, though, would be if one of those people would explain to me why the Hell it's my - or anyone's - obligation to read bandfic simply because it exists.
If you're the kind of author who really just can't get motivated, can't see the point to writing or posting or whatever without reviewing, I get that. And I get how fucking irritating it is when people read and don't review, or when people who should be interested (fans of the band the pairing the crossover the subject matter whatever) just...aren't. I even get wishing everyone would take interest.
What I don't get is that wish extending into an expectation, and then a demand, and then a requirement for continued enjoyment of bandom. And what I get even less is when the people spouting this pretty much stick to one or two fandoms. Because my small-fanbase band isn't worth your time, but if I don't read and review everything you write about anyone, I'm more of a problem than the read-and-never-reviewers? Because I sure don't hear you complaining about them.
Reading bands I have no real interest in has led me to find some fantastic authors and some of the best fic EVAR. And there's very little to rival the feeling of drawing in someone who omghates whoever you're writing about. But demanding people force themselves through fic about bands they don't care about or characters they hate for the sake of your ego is just bullshit, plain and simple.
What would be nice, though, would be if one of those people would explain to me why the Hell it's my - or anyone's - obligation to read bandfic simply because it exists.
If you're the kind of author who really just can't get motivated, can't see the point to writing or posting or whatever without reviewing, I get that. And I get how fucking irritating it is when people read and don't review, or when people who should be interested (fans of the band the pairing the crossover the subject matter whatever) just...aren't. I even get wishing everyone would take interest.
What I don't get is that wish extending into an expectation, and then a demand, and then a requirement for continued enjoyment of bandom. And what I get even less is when the people spouting this pretty much stick to one or two fandoms. Because my small-fanbase band isn't worth your time, but if I don't read and review everything you write about anyone, I'm more of a problem than the read-and-never-reviewers? Because I sure don't hear you complaining about them.
Reading bands I have no real interest in has led me to find some fantastic authors and some of the best fic EVAR. And there's very little to rival the feeling of drawing in someone who omghates whoever you're writing about. But demanding people force themselves through fic about bands they don't care about or characters they hate for the sake of your ego is just bullshit, plain and simple.
