This is not the krenuffle you're looking for.

[bubosquared]

You know what? I don't care anymore. If pepole judge stories before they're even written, purely bsaed on the fandom and/or pairing, well fuck 'em. Whatever.

Comments

[wax-jism.livejournal.com]

well, see. I have to gingerly disagree just a wee ickle bit. I definitely pick stories based on fandom and pairing. not because I think some things are of less worth than others, but because I am utterly uninterested in reading about some things. I'm not interested in bdsm, FuLa, TPM or mpreg. thus, I won't read them unless someone forces me, and then I usually just go, 'huh' and forget about them after. cause it's not my bag, like.

etc etc.

of course, being judgemental is perhaps an other thing entirely.

[arkane156.livejournal.com]

But if someone's had all or mostly bad experiences with a particular pairing or fandom, isn't a certain amount of prejudice justified?

An analogy: I loathe celery. If I'd been the person to discover celery, I never would have determined it to be edible. I have never had a piece of celery I didn't hate. Am I obligated, then, to taste every piece of celery I come across, just to see if *this* is the one that will change my mind about it?

Hey, maybe there's a chef out there who can prepare celery in a way that won't make me spew. If I've never had a meal I didn't like made by that particular chef, maybe I'll give his/her Celery Surprise a shot. But until then, I reserve the right to assume I'm going to hate celery, and avoid it wherever possible.

Or should I just stay out of fan arguments when I've had less than seven hours of sleep?