No, UD, let's go on. I was having fun teaching Mima the way of a true writer. I'll deal with
you later.
Mima, you're so woefully misguided as to the true purpose of fanon. Let me tell you a story, one which you probably have some chance of understanding. It concerns two fandoms I was very much into when I was a little girl-- you probably know of them, being as old as you are. Sailor Moon and Rurouni Kenshin, both of them big in the 90's. Both of them were, and are, sprawling franchises. Rurouni Kenshin had a manga, an anime, and various OVAs. Sailor Moon had even more: a manga, an anime, a live action adaptation, a series of musicals, even an RPG for the Super Nintendo.
However, ten years later, guess which one has survived? Sailor Moon, not Rurouni Kenshin, despite the latter receiving applause from historians and writers all around the world, despite Watsuki-sensei's slightly better grasp of anatomy than Takeuchi-sensei's. (Sorry, I still call them that, it's just an old habit from days past.) And do you know why? I guess not, so I shall tell you. Sailor Moon fandom persists well into the modern era, whereas Rurouni Kenshin's has flopped. Both were high quality, but guess which one survived? The one with the strong fandom. It is my firm belief that a canon story, no matter how good (or bad) it is, will only stand the test of time if it has a strong expanded universe of fanon backing it. As such, the expanded universe of fanon deserves some respect-- and considering that your fiction is part of that fanon, you'd best pay up that respect, and soon.
Now, to transition between you and UD, let me elaborate on one more point. Mima, you are the moderator of Fanworks, and your RiG series is posted there, much like White Rose. UD has his work off-site, on his own website. UsuallyDead dot com may have plenty of hits, yes, but I think it is worth noting that there is no comment function. At no point will UD ever receive feedback on his fiction, and as such no newcomer to his site will ever see a single contrary word to his pieces. And you are no better, moderator! I have seen you, in the past, receive feedback on your works-- praise, at that! And what did you do? You
locked the thread until you returned with another update! Why, you don't even seem to appreciate your audiences, either of you! As my peers of CPMC can testify, I am more than glad to elaborate, usually on IRC, why I have done this and this in my fiction. But you-- oh no, that's too
troublesome for you! Your fiction is a one-way closed conduit of information, from you to your audiences; at no point do you get your readers involved. Indeed, you don't even seem to like them! How are you two supposed to write and write well
if you don't even like your audience?!On that note, my audience is always welcome to talk with me, or in people like Slowpoke's case,
draw fanart. I could always
draw my own, but it's nice to know that people really like my fiction. I actually
like my audience, and I hope they enjoy the story I'm writing.
Ah, UD, UD. Take the log out of your own eye before criticizing the speck in mine. Shall I tell you another story, then? Since I'm so good at them. In 1843, though only 31, a certain writer was comfortably well off, thanks to such celebrated works as Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby. But his most recent novel flopped, and he needed cash quick to pay off some debts. So Mr. Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol. It was entirely for capitalist, wordly reasons, and yet it was such a success that now, more than a century and a half later, we read it today.
So don't talk to me about wanting to aim for heaven and get the material world as well. It is plainly obvious that your arrogance stems from not only your ignorance of the lessons of the past, but also your myopia when it comes to the quality of your written works. You are incompetent, and worse still,
you are unaware of it, and thus you hold an overly favourable view of yourself and your abilities. Not only do both you and Mima reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but your incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it.
Case in point: Neither you nor Mima write comedy. Comedy is theraputic, a wonderful way to poke fun at your own foibles with wacky words and wondrous witticisms. You both carry yourselves too seriously, and your serious fiction suffers for it. The closest thing either of you have come to comedy is UD's Cherribloxically, which is not even on his main site, and reads more like the drunken regurgitus of Remixed Cherry Blossom, which can't have been hard to write anyway.
Fortunately for both of you, I am here, ready and willing to help you out. Despite your misguided barbs and accusations, I am still very clearly the better writer, and I will be more than glad to read whatever it is you write. Again, call me if you ever need a peer reviewer, and I will be more than glad to assist. I may be busy drawing Yumemi being awesome, but don't let that stop you~
Q.E.D., bitches. Peace out.
