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rsadelleSo, I run this list. It's not the only Metallica slash out there. There are people on metslash who aren't on the list that dare not speak its name, and vice versa. There are some people on both lists. Most of the people who are no mail and/or lurkers on metslash are on both lists. Most of the people who post fic are only on metslash.
Every time I remind people about our archiving policies, I remind them that crossposting is okay. It is possible to post a fic to a list without granting archiving permission. I know that some of the people on both lists are writers. I know that some of them are extremely good writers. I know that they've posted fic to the other list. And yet, with the exception of one author and one story by a second author, none of them post to metslash.
Why not?
Is it because we don't automatically jump up and down and say, "Oh, you're so wonderful, that was the best story ever, when are you writing the sequel?" to every piece of fic that gets posted? Is it because I actually dare to say what I don't like about fic? I only wish someone would critique my fic the way I've critiqued other people's fic. Well, the more recent stuff anyway; I know just how bad some of my older fic is. Isn't that far more useful to you as a writer than unconditional praise for every word you write?
Or perhaps, like one person who recently unsubbed, they don't like it that I dare say that I don't like some of the writing and list policies of the other list. Apparently the fact that all three S's and various other people from the other list have said extremely negative things about metslash and me in their journals and journal comments is completely irrelevant.
Not that I'm bitter.
Every time I remind people about our archiving policies, I remind them that crossposting is okay. It is possible to post a fic to a list without granting archiving permission. I know that some of the people on both lists are writers. I know that some of them are extremely good writers. I know that they've posted fic to the other list. And yet, with the exception of one author and one story by a second author, none of them post to metslash.
Why not?
Is it because we don't automatically jump up and down and say, "Oh, you're so wonderful, that was the best story ever, when are you writing the sequel?" to every piece of fic that gets posted? Is it because I actually dare to say what I don't like about fic? I only wish someone would critique my fic the way I've critiqued other people's fic. Well, the more recent stuff anyway; I know just how bad some of my older fic is. Isn't that far more useful to you as a writer than unconditional praise for every word you write?
Or perhaps, like one person who recently unsubbed, they don't like it that I dare say that I don't like some of the writing and list policies of the other list. Apparently the fact that all three S's and various other people from the other list have said extremely negative things about metslash and me in their journals and journal comments is completely irrelevant.
Not that I'm bitter.
Tis like this...
Date: 2001-04-27 05:19 am (UTC)Reason number one, Spooks is my beta. As much as you claim you are over it, 5 out of your last 7ish journal entry's are in some way formed to swipe at Spooks. Sorry but this leads me to think you are pety enough to pick holes in my fic, just because.
Sorry, my self asteam is fucked enough without you helping its down fall.
Reason two, you took great pleasure in picking holes in the pairing I am most comfortable with, without ever having read a damn word I've written. This reasures me exactly how? Dare I say I'm actually good at James/Kirk, you admire Teresa, listen to her comments about my fic.
It has nothing to do with people shouting encore! Ask anybody, I am convinced what I write is utter crap.
As far as I'm concerned, to a certain extent, you have cut your own throat.
Re: Tis like this...
Date: 2001-04-27 01:19 pm (UTC)You're right; I don't like Spooks. But I don't fuck around when it comes to writing. If I were going to pick holes in something you wrote, it would be because I thought there were things wrong with it, not because Spooks is your beta.
I picked holes in James/Kirk as it was when I last read any of it, which is way back before Spooks chose to hide her archive from all and sundry. I want to read James/Kirk, but I don't want to read James/Kirk with the same old dynamic that's been done in half of all Metallica slash stories. Perhaps you are a good writer. Perhaps you do write different and more interesting dynamics. I wouldn't know, though, because, as you seem to delight in reminding me, I've never had the chance to read your work. I was not picking holes in James/Kirk as an inherently bad pairing, but rather I was picking holes in a dominant characterization of James/Kirk that I find uninteresting, unrealistic and far too limited in scope.