Random Fandom Pet Peeve

[bubosquared]

The whole argument/idea that unless someone is a writer themself, they're not allowed to have/express opinions on someone else's writing.

Look, I can't cook for shit, but if something has too much salt in it, or bread is stale, or whatever, and the cook asks for my opinion, I'm gonna be honest. Just because someone is not a writer does not mean their opinions should not have any worth!

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Ah, but see, "let's see you do better, then" is an argument I've seen A LOT of times in discussions and critique. And I HATE it!

[quiet000001.livejournal.com]

but. That's not what it's *about*. (I mean. I have said that. But only to people who'll take it the right way. Like Neph, who recognises it for the bitchwhine fest that it is, and ignores me until I'm actaully going to listen.)

Meh. I'm normally complaining that people don't pick apart my fic enough when they read it. I *want* to know about things that worked or didn't, be they writer or reader. (Most of my beta-pool at the moment is people who write, but not fiction and/or not slash. They're amazingly tolerant. :)

(watching kevin Fear factor. Seriously feeling the Kevin-love here, man.)

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

But see, you know that and I know that, but the McFandom doesn't know that.

There's a reason I've always deliberately kept myself out of the "inner circles" and the BNF-ness and the big socialising of fandom.