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[katiemariie.livejournal.com]

To tell the truth, I've never been satisfied with this fandom. In the "hay day" of the Yahoo! group, I was in a state of constant annoyance. Like in every fandom, the OTPs received the most feedback. Also, we had BNFs. If there is anything I hate, it is BNF-ism. It is such junior high bullshit. Not to sound like Karl Marx, but there were the Haves and the Have Nots. The BNFs and OTPers were the Haves and the "rare" shippers were the Have Nots.

The tiny revival on lj was close to perfection, but we were so few in numbers, and nobody really gave and feedback.

This recent restart has started an all-out gang war-- except really flamboyant. Kinda like West Side Story.

Let me ask you all-- can't we all just get along? Without a caste system? Without favoritism?

I propose equality. Everyone is equal. Nobody is a n00b and nobody is a snob. It'll be like Communism, minus the whole evil dictator thing.

Whaddaya say?

I know there is the issue of Just for Fun Fic and Great Literary Masterpiece Fic and feedback.

Umm, dude? This is why we have that little patch of writing before the story. Just write what type of fic you have written and specify how you would like to receive feedback, if any at all.

Comments

[tekiclutch.livejournal.com]

Please forgive my stupidity, but what is a BNF?

[vampirespider.livejournal.com]

Big Name Fan.

And, to be honest, the OTP's always get more feedback, simply because they're more popular. It sucks, but it's true. Most people ship because they see chemistry between two specific characters, and they'll read the fic concerning these character predominantly.

[murf1013.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I had no idea what BNF meant! *and the haze clears ...*

And I agree about the OTP's and feedback. For the longest time, I would *only* read and FB fics about BJ and Hawkeye. Then I decided to branch out to Hawkeye and Trapper. And you know what I found? Some really awesome fics! And after all of the hoopla that happened here a few weeks ago (in which I was directly involved) ... I decided to stop being closed-minded about the pairings I read and read a Mulcahy/Klinger fic. I said I would NEVER read a fic that slashed either Klinger or Charles. And guess what? The fic I read ... Mulcahy/Klinger ... was actually very VERY good.

So I'm glad that I decided to get past my OTP and read other fics :) It really does broaden the spectrum of pairings ...

[katiemariie.livejournal.com]

I've found that no matter what fandom you go into, you only read your OTP, then end up discover good fic for other pairings.

[katiemariie.livejournal.com]

Big Name Fan. The writer in a fandom that is known as the best or is the most popular.