"I would also like to say that the phrase 'tight as a hobbit' should NEVER, EVER be used in a sex sc

[bubosquared]

Yes.

And now I want to write post-battle adrenaline-driven Legolas/Gimli. Mmm.

Comments

re: Yes

[sunshinegirl.livejournal.com]

No.

*sob*

I like that story, damnit! It's one of my favorites ever. And I will defend it to the death.

*is terribly worried that one of her own stories is next on their hit list*

Snarky, mean reviews are all very well, when they don't affect you. Get one directed at *your* story, or a story you love, and it hurts.

The whole "bonding-through-anal-sex" in that story was very much a reference to the Elvish idea of marriage as only occuring through "bodily union." Methinks the reviewer missed that point.

*is suddenly feeling very inferior, fictionally*

If they can review Pythoness with words like that, I tremble to think what is in store for me.

Re: re: Yes

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Well, first of all, as someone who writes snarky reviews herself, I can tell you it usually hsa to be kinda bad before it gets onmy "hit list".

And I'm sorry, Amy, but I really didn't like that story. The bonding thing I could've ignored, but the fact is that as far as I see it, they do act very OOC.

And the whole "elfhood" trend is starting to sreiously worry me.

As for your own stories, I thought and think that Never Trust An Elf was wonderful, in character, and a great read. make of that what you will. :)

(Personally I'm cringing at the linking to the archive, but that's me and my bandwith issues. Do you think it'll calm down in a while?)

Re: re: Yes

[sunshinegirl.livejournal.com]

But this was the FIRST story to use "elfhood." And it was meant to be funny -- god, I hope no one really tries to take that story all that seriously, because I know she didn't mean it that way.

I don't know. There are days I can snark at an awful story along with the best of them, and there are others when ripping apart people's work just seems...cheap. Flames I know I could handle, but I don't think I'd deal very well with my stories being mocked on a public website. (For some reason, I don't have a problem with MSTs.)

I understand what they are trying to do, but it still hurts. I know if my stories were closely read, they would have phrases that would make no sense at all, grammar errors, probably spelling errors...damnit, am I just one of those"attention-seeking crybabies who can't write?" In my worst moments, I fear that I am.

Heaven knows one negative remark can outweigh three thousand positive ones!

God, why am I so upset? It's not even my story!

Sorry, Melle, don't take anything as a criticism of you here, I'm just totally freaking out and upset and not making sense. *sigh*

Re: re: Yes

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

No offense taken. :) Hey, get on y!msgr, you!

And as for the elfhood thing, have you read Leaves and Kings (or whatever it was called)? Take a look at our MST of it on Lair of the Spork ...

Re: re: Yes

[sunshinegirl.livejournal.com]

Re: Y!M: can't, going to class in ten minutes. Tomorrow?

Yeah, I've read that MST, and yeah, god, that was a painful story that I couldn't even stand to read in my LOTR desperateness before fiction became abundant.

*smile*

Slowly recovering here. Now tempted to become one of them, so I can review awful stories with snarkiness combined with compassion and show them how it's done.

Quite possibly, if Pythoness had not yet again rocked my world with "No Hope Of Dawn" yesterday, I would have been much less distressed. What did you think of that story, by the way?

*forcing self to breathe, calmly*

Re: re: Yes

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Unless I decide on a whim to go to FotR after all, I'll be online from about seven PM my time. That's one pm EST.

Haven't read that story yet, no.