Dear Bloggie
And thus is continues. As you know, dear bloggie, I recently had an interesting experience on fanfiction regarding a story I posted, now apparently I should have seen it coming?
I received a PM from a reader who could not even finish the story and I was informed that I should have expected the reaction the story received and I was the (unwitting) scapegoat for the fandom.
Is this an honor I should embrace?
Or should this attitude bother me?
There was a time when we could happily embrace various storylines, look at characters in this fandom from differing perspectives, but now we can’t—or perhaps I can’t unless I wish to become a scapegoat.
Ah, I ask again, what have we become?
I am trying to take it all with a grain of salt—although a part of me wants it to be a grain of salt and burn.
We all have flaws—I as a writer, the characters on the show and the readers of fic (and viewers of the show).
I stand by my story.
I guess if this gives me the mantle of scapegoat, I accept that too. I’m not sure why we need a scapegoat, I’m still not sure why I should have expected this from my readers or the fans, but such is the way of things.
I guess the fact a reader/reviewer felt it necessary to write me an additional note defending their review was a little odd. Or maybe sad, perhaps that it.
Again I ask, what have we become?
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See, this is what I don't understand. I read the story in question, and you connected with EXACTLY what I thought when I saw the episode. I thought Dean was VERY harsh to include Madison in the list of monsters, and to say that to Sam. I also thought Sam was surprisingly harsh with Dean when he finally got a chance to say what was on his mind. He's been so quiet all season, I had no idea his resentment was quite so strong. I haven't heard ANYBODY say that they believed it was only because of the spell.
I wonder why the fanfiction community has responded this way. Maybe because the episode hurt everyone. We want our boys to stick together no matter what. I don't know. I think that the anonymity of the internet make people think that they have permission to be mean.
It reminds me to choose where I post stories very carefully. There are places that are a lot more supportive.
I'm glad I found your blog. I like your writing very much, and have loved many of your stories. Keep up the great work, and keep doing what you love.
Primrose aka Julie
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