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[Note: if you think this is in any way about you, it prolly isn't. The people that brought this on are mostly not reading this, and the few that do will not think this is about them. Just to make things clear.]

I'm getting sick of fandom. All of it. Bcause it's just so fucking full of people who think that the right way to demonstrate how 'passionate' you are about your chosen fandom is to become all mouth-frothingly incoherent about it.

Am I frothing-at-the-mouth? I like to think I keep at least some semblance of coherence and logic. If I don't, it only further proves my point: fandom sucks.

And it's not always the fans. "It is absolutely essential that you respect my wishes." ?!?! Fucking Anne fucking Rice, man. Good thing I was never into that fandom!

Speaking of fandom, I feel like I should be more upset that Joey Ramone is dead. Because while I did feel bad about it, it didn't really hit me as hard as I feel it should've. Because I'm a punk. I should feel bad about one of my idols passing away. But I don't feel all that bad. Because, I guess, I'm not a fan-type person. And I'm much more of a London-style-punk, anyway.

Still, though, Mr Ramone, we'll fucking miss you, man!

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Forget Citizens Against Bad Slash; we need our own organization. Bitter Slashers Against Fandom perhaps, although BSAF isn't a very appealing acronym. Anti-Fandom Bitter Slashers (AFBS) isn't much better. FABS would be great, but Fandom Against Bitter Slashers isn't quite what we want. How about Fandom Angers Bitter Slashers?

Fandom Makes Slashers Bitter? Fandom Makes Cynical Slashers? Hmmm...

But, you see, it has to have a cool acronym. It's all about the acronyms, baby.

Hmm, I'm seriously tempted to form Slashers Hate Irritating Fandom Trends (SHIFT). Fun acronym, but when you spell it out, it sucks. And it doesn't mention the bitterness. How about BAF, Bitterness Against Fandom? That could include everyone sick of fandom, not just the slashers.

Yeah, we should include the non-slashers, because it's not just slashdom or even ficdom I'm sick of, it's fandom in general.

Hm. "Absolutely Bitter Fans Against something-with-a-B"? I mean; come on. Wouldn't you just dig to be part of 'ABFAB'? The acronym'd just enhance the 'bitter wenches' vibe. <g>

Wait, I've got it--Fandom's Evils Deserve the Ultimate Punishment. We're FED-UP!

Okay, that stinks too, but you can't say I didn't try. :-)

Actually, I like it! Damn. I'm seriously contemplating a little website for this. Y'know, just for fun. Gah. Like I didn't have enough websites to work on. I hate you people. :p

You should! ^_^ Just make up little ribbons or banners or something... I'd put one up!

Slashers Against Fandom's Evils? Uh...I'm sitting here trying to think of a catchy acronym and it's failing me. LOL. But the time has come!

The date on that Anne Rice rant is over a year old--did she just now start coming down hard on the fansites or what? I'm confused. (But as I always loathed both Anne and her writing, it's not really any skin off my nose.) Someone really should keep a warning list of the lawsuit-happy writers/creators, BTW--Anne Rice, Harlan Ellison (*never* cross this guy, or even dare quoting him online, unless you love the inside of courtrooms), Terry Pratchett, there are a few others.

I dunno, I only now came across that, through a link in someone's LJ. I've never liked Miss Rice's writing much, so any and all fandom stuff passed right over me.

It just really pisses me off, because she's got absolutely no reason to suddenly come down on the fanficcers like this. Marion Zimmer-Bradley used to allow and encourage fanfic, until some fanficcer claimed she stole an idea for a novel from her and demanded 50% of the money made from that book and to be listed as co-author. I can understand how that would make someone turn their view on fanfic around. But fucking hell, like anyone'd be foolish enough to want to be listed as Anne Rice's co-author? Bitch. I bet she was just jealous cause some of the fanficcers outshine her by far. [I did read a bit of fanfic, and while there's a lot of crap, there's also some gems.]

There is a listing of the policies of various authors on the subject of fanfic here.

::reads. bites tongue. reads again, bites harder.::

::ready to blow up::.... ARGH! Don't get me started!! >_<'' Anne bloody fucking Rice... been in the fandom 6 years, kept the fanfic archive for 5 years, and it is THE most fucking worthless thankless unappreciative fandom I've ever seen!! Not just Rice but the damn fans... ooohhh... don't get started... deep breaths...

Not that I've got issues... v_v

Slash fandoms in general irritate the heck out of me. Don't we have enough anti-slashers out there without getting up in arms with each other?! People shouldn't be flamed just because your kink isn't their kink or vice versa! Bitter slashers... yeah, that's us, alright. -_-

Hey, if you wanna rant, go right ahead. What'd the fans do?

Oh, the fans are just mostly ungrateful and clueless beyond belief. The same make and model as the folks who complain about ff.net or livejournal. A fic archive or fandom discussion board is a free service - you shouldn't expect instantaneous groveling service unless you're willing to pay for it. Or at least volunteer to help. Or *something*. I must have tried once a year to get some help with archiving and forum maintenance and got nothing but cricket chirps in return - unless something went wrong, in which case I got alot of flames and complaints. Drove me nuts.

As for Mater herself - she's known about the fic for *years*. Since '95. She only cracked down and started throwing her lawyers around last year... gee, incidentally, at the same time she was about to venture into web publishing ala Stephen King. And suddenly she didn't want any competition out on the net. Things that make you go "hmmmmm".... >_<

(And I know one of those pages you pointed out mentioned the rumor about Mater throwing her legal hissyfit because she'd actually ripped off a fanfic for her newest work. The site called it just a rumor. But her latest book is a godawfully done piece of crap involving crossing over her vampire series with her witch series, in which the lovely young witch - who SCREAMS formula Mary Sue worse then any 13 year old's first fanfic - runs off with the vampire Louis. From '95 to now, I can point out at least 6 fics who have done more or less the same thing, one of them my own very first one, and all of them have done it better then that piece of tripe Mater put out on the market!)

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