oh, I'm injured. Really...

[lyssie]

So, a Dino has come out of the woodwork (OMG I feel like I'm on OTL AGAIN, and the Slash Warning Debate is going on!) and said, I miss the days when we had authors who wrote for the craft, the pride of putting out a good story, put their heart and soul into it. They were posting story after story each day, they didn't demand praise, they got it because they deserved it. They put out a good product they could be proud to put their name on. etc, including listing some of the Good Old Days Authors, and the few of them that are still around....

She then rambles for a while, claiming only a small part of us are clamoring to get rid of all labels and warnings and ratings, and that anarchy is our banner song (yes, I'm putting provocative words in her mouth, shut up).

And closes with, What's wrong with letting people have an idea what's going on in the story
with a short summary, a category, and a rating? .... You'll get the audience you're looking for rather than pissing people off for dragging them into a story they're not interested in.

So. She misses the good old days, when authors didn't clamor for feedback (I must be missing all of the OMG FEEDBACK ME posts), but says that if we label, we will get more readers, which will (I'm using logic here) inevitably lead to more feedback.

...

Uh-huh.

I'm going to go sulk in a corner for being called whiny and uncaring of my craft (do I have a craft?). I think I'm going to start putting "plz rvw" on my fics now.

Actually, what's really sad is that this makes me want to dig up the OTL Slash Needs Warnings! debate from 1999...

Comments

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I don't mind if people have a small reading-base. If that's what they like, fine. But don't come complaining because other people like trying new things.

Rar.

Er.

I suspect I'm extra-irked to be considered a newbie. I haven't been a newbie since 1999, damnit.

[lavidaessueno.livejournal.com]

What I object to is Dinos talking about The Good Old Days and not admitting that the newer writers are keeping the list - and the fandom - going. I've been on the list for a number of years, and I'm thrilled to see new writers producing new work, especially the edgier stuff. I happen to think the show has teetered on the brink of fanfic from time to time (i.e., the scene in Jack's living room in Lost City I). It's not as bad as, say, X-Files or JAG, but it's there. I hate to admit it, but sometimes I miss the time when feedback was not so instantaneous, spoilers did not abound, and television writers and viewers were not so interactive.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Oddly, I was ranting at the cat a while back about missing the days when the only spoilers we got were from Starlog. Which were usually a month or two late.

Nowadays, there's spoilers everywhere.

sigh.