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[sakon76]

Find it intriguing that I post ficsnips from my single most requested story and get no reaction except from seshat and that by prodding, but I post a philosophical pondering as to why RPS is bad and my friends are all over it.

I am NOT giving up my weekly dose of "Living." It makes me happy and it makes me feel more like a person who actually exists, and a human being, which is something very very few things in this universe can do. I'm marrying one of the other things with that ability.

Wonderful fiance also has the ability to check my urge toward Barbie collecting with a single sentence. It's one of the many reasons I adore him.

Comments

[sandpanther.livejournal.com]

Er... After that one pannel at Yaoicon, I know several of us have been worried about you writing RPS. The people giving the pannel made all kinds of scary noises, and we don't want to see anything bad happen to you!

It's also a lot easier to dash off a quick comment on something that several of us have discussed previously, as opposed to sitting down and putting in the thought to give good comments on a fic. (You've seen how coherent I have been recently -- do you really want me commenting on your writing?? *thinks* Okay, perhaps you do, just out of the sheer curiosity of what oddness will pop out of my brain...)

So what was the single sentence? It must have been impressive!

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Hmm. At what point did I say I was writing RPS? I gave RPS writing a shot. WELL OVER A YEAR AGO. It's dead and gone, just like my writing many other things, like Ranma 1/2 or RayEarth.

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Ah, forgot. The sentence in question was something along the lines of pointing out that we have enough stuff already. Which I knew, but having someone else affirm it acts as a better chokehold.

[taeriel.livejournal.com]

K-chan, I'm very sorry for not posting comments on the RS ficbit, but honestly, I'm not online enough to do so. I haven't even had a chance to read it yet. Most of my online time is at work, where for obvious reasons I try to limit the time doing non-work stuff. It's only recently that I've started checking/updating LJ at all. I promise to try to make comments as soon as I have a chance to do so.

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

I'm actually not bothered about any lack of comments. I just found it intriguing that everyone responds to something that's negative (RPS is bad) but not to something positive (I like to think my fanfics are good). Wondering what that says about people, but have enough sense to stay away from going for a third degree in psychology. If the way in which I phrased the original post seemed to indicate differently, I apologize. I really should stop staying up until two or three in the morning. But then, I don't have a reason yet to wake up in the mornings.

[taeriel.livejournal.com]

No, I apologize. I just took what you said the wrong way; yesterday was just one of those bad days that seem to happen sometime. I'm sorry I jumped to the wrong conclusion. And honestly, I really do like RS - I just haven't had a chance to read _any_ of the fics sent my way for a while. (And meanwhile my inbox quota warning is creeping into the red. Eep.)

I actually haven't paid any attention to any RPS, so I'm afraid I can't offer any insight as to why people seem more inclined to comment on that...

[seshat.livejournal.com]

/sulks

I would have commented without prodding, honest!

I just hadn't had a chance to check lj yet that morning, cause work was even more insane than usual.

/end sulk

More fic please?? WIth sugar on top?

[ghilledhu.livejournal.com]

RPS is a real hot-button topic nowadays. Pretty much anyone who mentions it is going to get a flood of high-emotion responses, both positive and negative. I've seen enormous flame-wars on fandom_wank and the Ficbitches site, among others.

As for fic comments, I find that sometimes you get them and sometimes you don't. I've gotten no comments on "Minuet", and I didn't get comments for "Paper Moon" (which I feel is one of my better works) until years after it was posted.