Things That Annoy the Shit Out of Me

[noxcaelum]

1) "I don't give kudos to things unless it's spectacular. Kudos are currency and the author has to earn my favor. Just enjoying a fic isn't good enough, and I can't waste my valuable time clicking a heart button."

2) "If you give constructive criticism on my writing then you're being MEAN to me and you're a HORRIBLE PERSON."

3) "Here's some constructive criticism: your story is awful, you can't write, and you should probably just crawl into a hole and die."

4) "It's rude and derogatory to expect or ask for kudos on your work."

Fuck all y'all, but especially numbers 1, 3, and 4.

Comments

[jb_slasher]

Who are these people?!

[noxcaelum]

Well, 1 and 4 are from a "discussion" that happened yesterday on an AO3 writers' group on Facebook. The OP wondered why so few people leave kudos on fics and even fewer leave comments. 1 and 4 are paraphrases--well, 1 is a paraphrase, 4 is actually a direct quote--of actual things that were said.

2 is something people actually think. I saw a fic on AO3 where the author put at the end of their author's note "Your unsolicited beta [i.e. concrit] is not needed or wanted!!!!" Some people have really thin skins and can't take any criticism, even if it's constructive and intended to help.

3 is also something writers have complained of and I've seen, where "constructive criticism" is actually just people being mean. It's really easy to tell the difference because it tends to be just "this is shit and you should stop writing" or something along those lines.