It's hard as a mod (to which my Ebil Predecessor can attest) to hold back the 'please melt your hard drive and never submit again' reaction. When I started, I read copious amounts of fluffy canon romance until my teeth started to rot, so, naturally, my first story was about murder and horrible things (which you actually reviewed, so thank you for that). While motivated because I had realised how horrible my previous reading choices were, my first fic ended up being just as horrible as some of those very things that I had found to be crap. It stung a bit when I got some critical reviews, but it didn't take long to see that I could definitely do better. And I have.
I'm not saying that crushing snowflake dreams is a good practice, but sometimes, like me, people need to hear an honest and unbiased opinion if they are remotely serious about improving. If they just want to write cuddly Dramione with lots of sexytiem and shared dorm rooms, then they can go on without me as a willing reader. I've read your review page before, and I never found your remarks trollish, to be honest. Pointed, yes, and blunt, sometimes, but nothing of the 'you suck, so why are you even here' kind. You and the vast majority of the fandom are just on completely different wavelengths, i.e. you are not a teenage girl.
All in all, your introduction to the fandom was similar to mine. I missed the boat on the book releases, but I don't think I could ever regret immersing myself in fandom. I believe you probably feel much the same. And I will shut up now. >.>
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Date: 2012-06-20 06:10 am (UTC)I'm not saying that crushing snowflake dreams is a good practice, but sometimes, like me, people need to hear an honest and unbiased opinion if they are remotely serious about improving. If they just want to write cuddly Dramione with lots of sexytiem and shared dorm rooms, then they can go on without me as a willing reader. I've read your review page before, and I never found your remarks trollish, to be honest. Pointed, yes, and blunt, sometimes, but nothing of the 'you suck, so why are you even here' kind. You and the vast majority of the fandom are just on completely different wavelengths, i.e. you are not a teenage girl.
All in all, your introduction to the fandom was similar to mine. I missed the boat on the book releases, but I don't think I could ever regret immersing myself in fandom. I believe you probably feel much the same. And I will shut up now. >.>