I don't take part of any of the badfic communities because they just don't interest me. I do have people of my flist that do and I'd never bash them for their involvement. (I didn't even know deleterius existed until last week when I was reading my fof list. Anyway, it bored me about 5 minutes into reading and I moved on). I'd rather read good fanfic than bad fanfic, I guess.
I will say I don't like the idea that criticism is bad in fanfic. I know, people write for fun and fandom shouldn't be an unhappy place where one feels insecure and uncomfortable, but... I think sometimes everyone treads so lightly about concrit and reviews lest the writers gets offended or the opposite occurs and there's a lot mocking and nastiness. Where's the middle ground in all this?
I don't like the idea that one should only leave positive reviews or nothing at all. Although I am guilty of this, too. I feel insecure about leaving less than glowing reviews, especially with some beloved fics and writers. I'm starting to get off-topic here, so I'll leave it at that.
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Date: 2005-01-19 11:47 am (UTC)I will say I don't like the idea that criticism is bad in fanfic. I know, people write for fun and fandom shouldn't be an unhappy place where one feels insecure and uncomfortable, but... I think sometimes everyone treads so lightly about concrit and reviews lest the writers gets offended or the opposite occurs and there's a lot mocking and nastiness. Where's the middle ground in all this?
I don't like the idea that one should only leave positive reviews or nothing at all. Although I am guilty of this, too. I feel insecure about leaving less than glowing reviews, especially with some beloved fics and writers. I'm starting to get off-topic here, so I'll leave it at that.