Tell Me What Annoys You!
Oct. 4th, 2007 08:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moonlettuceOkay, so I'm modding the 'Things That Annoy Me' panel that's running at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
connotations, and I don't want it to be just me standing there, ranting and frothing at the mouth. What I was thinking was a panel of what annoys us in fandom, and why they annoy us.
So, my question to you is exactly that.
What annoys you in fandom? Why does it annoy you? (Or is it one of those annoyances that you don't have a reason for, it just bugs you anyway?)
For me, the big one is author's notes that say 'I've never seen the show, but...' And it annoys me because what I'm reading (even if this isn't what the author intended) is the following:
- I don't care about the show enough to actually watch it.
- I don't care about my story enough to check that my canon / characterisation is okay.
- I don't care about the people who are going to read my story enough to check that my canon / characterisation is okay.
- I'm better than you are because I don't need to see the source material to write beautiful fic that everyone should love.
I write because I love the shows and I write because I love the characters. And I read for exactly the same reasons. What this means is that when I read the latest SGA epic, I want to recognise John and Rodney and Teyla and Ronon. I don't want to read Author B's interpretation of Author A's versions of those characters - especially if Author A's versions are already seven steps to the left of Whacksville. And because emo!cutting!omgsofatanduselessandnobodylovesme!Rodney bugs the crap out of me anyway, without other people thinking that's the characterisation they should base their McKay on.
Basically, for me the bottom line on this one is: if you can't be bothered to see the source material for the fandom you're writing in, I can't be bothered to read your story. Because my time is finite, and, hey, I'm probably not missing much.
Also: the word 'ficcy' drives me insane. But that's one of those irrational annoyances. You're reading NC-17 rated fic, people, stop speaking like six year olds!
So, yeah, hit me with your annoyances *grin*
connotations, and I don't want it to be just me standing there, ranting and frothing at the mouth. What I was thinking was a panel of what annoys us in fandom, and why they annoy us.So, my question to you is exactly that.
What annoys you in fandom? Why does it annoy you? (Or is it one of those annoyances that you don't have a reason for, it just bugs you anyway?)
For me, the big one is author's notes that say 'I've never seen the show, but...' And it annoys me because what I'm reading (even if this isn't what the author intended) is the following:
- I don't care about the show enough to actually watch it.
- I don't care about my story enough to check that my canon / characterisation is okay.
- I don't care about the people who are going to read my story enough to check that my canon / characterisation is okay.
- I'm better than you are because I don't need to see the source material to write beautiful fic that everyone should love.
I write because I love the shows and I write because I love the characters. And I read for exactly the same reasons. What this means is that when I read the latest SGA epic, I want to recognise John and Rodney and Teyla and Ronon. I don't want to read Author B's interpretation of Author A's versions of those characters - especially if Author A's versions are already seven steps to the left of Whacksville. And because emo!cutting!omgsofatanduselessandnobodylovesme!Rodney bugs the crap out of me anyway, without other people thinking that's the characterisation they should base their McKay on.
Basically, for me the bottom line on this one is: if you can't be bothered to see the source material for the fandom you're writing in, I can't be bothered to read your story. Because my time is finite, and, hey, I'm probably not missing much.
Also: the word 'ficcy' drives me insane. But that's one of those irrational annoyances. You're reading NC-17 rated fic, people, stop speaking like six year olds!
So, yeah, hit me with your annoyances *grin*
