HEY!

[fun_like_that]

The best way to get someone to write you fic? ANY WAY THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE SPAMMING SOMEONE'S PERSONAL JOURNAL AND EVERYONE WHO COMMENTED ON A PARTICULAR POST.

Join a community, friend some people, do something in exchange for someone- DO NOT HARRASS PEOPLE INTO WRITING YOU FIC. I figured this would be a fairly common sense sort of concept but apparently not.

You know what? We all make mistakes when we're new to something. We've all posted something without a cut tag or posted to the wrong community or whatever. We've all been cautious about comments and posts in certain comms and people's journals so we DON'T FUCK UP. And you know how we do that? We DO RESEARCH. We check out the user infos and profiles, we read the comm rules, we check out the FAQ. Some people are so goddamn LAZY they can't be bothered with doing their own work. Whether it be the "I don't know if this is allowed here..." posts in communities (and 85% of the time? IT'S NOT ALLOWED) or people posting to tutorial comms or something asking people to make them a step-by-step guide on how to do something- EVEN AS SIMPLE AS USING THEIR OWN PROGRAMME. It's called HELP- USE IT. It's called GOOGLE- USE IT.

I'm getting pretty sick of the "I'm new" excuse, too. Being new doesn't make you deaf, dumb and blind. There are FAQs everywhere, there are help guides everywhere, there are lots of people willing to help you if you approach them with a simple question as long as it doesn't involve spamming thousands of people in a particular community because you want to know if X character's eyes are blue or how to desaturate an image.

Ranting aside, today's actually an okay day. And now I'm going to go tally up and post the results for spn_iconathon and work on BigBang and maybe make some icons.

Comments

[dorkdance.livejournal.com]

Your indignance makes my flabbergastification look weak and puny by comparison.

♥

[wendy.livejournal.com]

Wait...spamming people until they write you fic is BAD? Whoops.

KIDDING.

That whole "delete this if it isnt allowed" crap drives me bonkers. Read the user info and see if it's allowed before you post. If you're still unsure, OWN IT. Don't put a disclaimer on your post! HATE.

[tabaqui]

Man, i have a *terrible* memory, and i had *no freakin' clue* what that comment was a bout and i was all - wtf? I signed up for something and this is my lame request??

Hehe.

VERY lame, yes.

[cookie-junkie.livejournal.com]

Oh my god yes. It so doesn’t amuse me... I mean, I'm still relatively new to LJ but I ASK PEOPLE QUESTIONS, as pretty much everybody on my friends list knows. *waves* Hi fellas!

And who was harassing you anyway? I'ma keel zem for yoo.

[blue-icy-rose.livejournal.com]

From the moment I saw the freaking subject line I'm pretty sure my expression was something along those lines. *points at icon*

So yeah, right there with you on this one.

[xingou.livejournal.com]

::pets::

[estei.livejournal.com]

Lately, there's seems to be an amnesty or something for stupid people, which I do not support. Maybe it's because I'm a cranky bitch, or may it's because I try to be so careful when I post/comment, but like you I don't feel that "being new" should be a catch-all excuse for doing stupid shit. Like, one my pet peeves is exactly what you pointed out in your post, people who demand writing in any way. Like, last week, I get this comment on the latest chapter of a WIP I'm doing (which is way overdue, I know that, but life isn't being kind to me right now and I just don't have the time for it at the moment) and basically the comment said, "Hello? Hello! *taps monitor* I'm waiting for the next chapter." and continued on along that vein. Now, this person has never commented on my fic before, and I don't even know her, and it pissed me off. I think a lot of people who don't write have this idea that it's really easy, that you just have to sit down at a computer and a story explodes from your fingertips or something. They fail to grasp that it takes time, and more than that, while I'm really glad that people are still interested in the story, and I really want to finish it for them, I don't actually owe them my writing, you know? And I have a real life, with real problems, that takes precedence over writing fanfic (sadly). Anyway, sorry to go on a bitchy rant in your journal.

How are you doing? Did you hear anything back about the pr programme?

[drvsilla.livejournal.com]

HI! I don't know if this is allowed here buuuuuuuuut....

I'm here coz I hurd Yer a grate at this! HI! I have allllllllllllll these ideas and I'm not grate so culd u like do them for me!!?!?!

I'M sure U Can yayayayayayayay lolololz.

OK i'll email U them and u can think them over rite? GRATE!! thanxxx.

<3<3<#

My brain hurts a little

[marishna.livejournal.com]

Mmm'kay but liek- Jen and Jay have to liek be in luv n' stuff, rite? & they wil git married n ' stuff cuz there SSSSOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW doin' it! U kow wot I meen? *WINK WINK WINK*

But nun of dat Sam n; Deen stuff cuz bruvas gettin; it on is nasty. :( :( :( J AN J 4-EVAS! 'Sides, Deen lurves Jo and Sem iz gunna get wit Buffy and stuff. AMIRITE?!

*gently scrubs brains*

[drvsilla.livejournal.com]

OMG U R so RITE! hahaha yis im leik yeah their HAWT and all but sometime i just kant get over the BROthang. but sometime i reed enyway & purtend J&JaLLtEHway jus 2 git the HAWT fixxxx that Im needin! hahah lolzaz U kno whut I meen?

yeah u do.

OK but leik I want agnst and hurty stuffz b4 it ends happeh COZ it has to END happeh coz TATS how thay R defits!!! SEW N LUV!!!! *nudges u leik woah hahahaz*

LOLZ mebbe If U start a fic I kan help & we kan rite togetha thatd be awsum yo!!11! AMIRITE?!?!?!?!?!?!l;afasdfo \o/

*is broken, slumps over laughing*

[marishna.livejournal.com]

OMZ U R SEW SMRAT!

DEY culd be in luv n then 1 of dem cheets or THINKS he chees an den they dreak up! OMZ! An mebe 1 of them gits with sum1 else and dey get jelus n' shite, hey? AN AN AND! Their culd be a car aaccidenT! OMG OMZ! n' a comma! An 1 a dem makes wit da smoochies and wakes da oter 1 up!

But yah, in dat end dey need to b 2-getha. CUz they in LURVE!

*might just be giggling*

[drvsilla.livejournal.com]

OMG NOEZ U R THE SEW SMURT !1

Thar has 2 B sexin' b4 the akidenT coz teh 1 whoo cheets HAS 2 knoz whut hes missin' whun the othur LEVES him 4 cheat/ WIAT NONONO This IZ bettur!!! --- THUR IS NO Cheetin jus thinkin by misstak their wuz and whun the 1 is tryin to splain NO I DID"NT CHEET I WUZ JUS TRYIN' 2 MAK U JELLUS & LEIK ME LEIK I LIEK U is whun the other runz all upsettorz into traffik and OMG GETS HITT hard. THEn maggikal kissin aftur some cryin and decidin if they will onlyz hurtts them MOORE leeds to them wakin the other up. OMG YAYE this WILLZ B AUSUM!! they willz cry with RELIF that thur're awakez but aloz B4 whun thur're not. !.

Totes with happeh Endin' coz LOVAH 4-EVAR & we knoz it HAHALZOLZ purfect. Alsoz: buttsecks.

Re: *might just be giggling*

[marishna.livejournal.com]

omz! I lurved ur idea sew much it tok me 4-eva to writ back! But I dunno abbout the buttsecks ting. Innit tha WRONG AND EVEL?!

*totes serious*

[drvsilla.livejournal.com]

OMGZ! it IZ a grate IDEar innit? Yayaee. buttsecks is totes OK it iz leik kissin onuly with butts. and a peener. SEE/? Nothin 2 it! LOLZ RITEA>Z? alsu iz HAWT. that HAWT kant B ebil!!! AMIRITE?

u knz it.

omgz I kant wate 2 finsh & post ths!!!!!

[storydivagirl.livejournal.com]

word on asking people to write for you thing. Thankfully, I personally haven't run into in any of my current fandoms, but back in my Nsync fandom days, I used to get emails from people randomly asking me to write them stories. It was just bizarre and I never really knew how to politely tell them it wasn't going to happen.

[faded-memories.livejournal.com]

The best way to get someone to write you fic? ANY WAY THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE SPAMMING SOMEONE'S PERSONAL JOURNAL AND EVERYONE WHO COMMENTED ON A PARTICULAR POST.

I'm guessing you got one of those, too?

[marishna.livejournal.com]

It was my post they spammed. :|

[faded-memories.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. I have to admit -- I didn't actually check which post/comment of mine they commented on. All I remember is that they wanted me to write them a bottom!Dean fic, and to let them post it. Yeah. Like that's going to happen.