And the ability to look closer keeps us on our toes.
Yes, very much so.
Why is it always me who gets the pyscho flamers on Fiction Alley that are pissed off because I write slash or because I didn't write the endign the way they wanted, or didn't pair up who they wanted? ;_; I've gotten some really nasty harsh crit on an OFC, but after walking away from it crying, I came back a few days later and learned. Haven't got anything like that since then.
That certainly doesn't sound like any fun at all. Part of the reason that I don't post outside my journal much is because I am very aware that I am posting for a specific audience. On the other hand, posting outside an area of comfort gives other people the opportunity to find out about my work. It's one of those risk/reward scenarios again -- posting more widely leads to a broader audience, but it can also lead to people who have such a different worldview that they don't see anything wrong with condemning a story based on the pairing.
Personally, I actually don't often read stories with pairings that I don't like, because, deep down, I'm a lot like the Harmonians in a certain way -- I have a very firm idea about what my preferred type of love is, and I'm just not very interested in reading about loves that are outside that type.
Fate will likely kick me in the ass one day by having me fall in love outside my type.
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Date: 2005-08-23 01:08 pm (UTC)Yes, very much so.
Why is it always me who gets the pyscho flamers on Fiction Alley that are pissed off because I write slash or because I didn't write the endign the way they wanted, or didn't pair up who they wanted? ;_; I've gotten some really nasty harsh crit on an OFC, but after walking away from it crying, I came back a few days later and learned. Haven't got anything like that since then.
That certainly doesn't sound like any fun at all. Part of the reason that I don't post outside my journal much is because I am very aware that I am posting for a specific audience. On the other hand, posting outside an area of comfort gives other people the opportunity to find out about my work. It's one of those risk/reward scenarios again -- posting more widely leads to a broader audience, but it can also lead to people who have such a different worldview that they don't see anything wrong with condemning a story based on the pairing.
Personally, I actually don't often read stories with pairings that I don't like, because, deep down, I'm a lot like the Harmonians in a certain way -- I have a very firm idea about what my preferred type of love is, and I'm just not very interested in reading about loves that are outside that type.
Fate will likely kick me in the ass one day by having me fall in love outside my type.