Fun with the Pit of Voles

[wiseheart]

Okay, I understand that people are not motivated to give positive reviews. But what would motivate someone to leave a review to a really old story (Crossroads, if you are interested, the introduction story to "Lost Years", my classic!BSG/classic!Trek series)?


So basically you have twisted the Star Trek universe for your own particular mental problems.

Fair enough, just try to get stronger medicine for your own mental health shite :)

It was a "brave" anonymous reviewer, so I could at least remove their shit before it would appear on the review board - I've learned my lesson and am now moderating anonymous reviews. But I really don't understand. "Crossroads" is a fairly moderate story, save for some mild Kirk-bashing. Okay, I understand that there are Kirk-fans who don't like their idol being bashed, not even mildly. I just do't understand why do I seem to draw every jerk with attitude problems. What have I done to deserve this abuse?

In case you are interested in the actual story, it is here. I'd be the first to admit that it isn't one of my best pieces - not only is it old, but it's translated from German/Hungarian and it shows, but there's certainly nothing in it that would deserve such rudeness.

Comments

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

I love they way they put a smiley on the end after stigmatising and making personal attacks. For the smiley alone I think applying their genitals to a red hot branding prod would be apposite.

Anyway if twisting a universe for one's own mental health problems is a Bad Thing, then one might as well flush my entire literary oeuvre down the toilet because that's what I do. Not that I'm suggesting you're doing anything like, but I don't see an issue with bringing one's own stuff to the table. How else can one write?

By the tone of their comment and the slang they use, the writer sounds Irish, which doesn't surprise me in the slightest, unfortunately.

[sammydragoncat]

That comment was really just mean spirited. If they didn't like the story - they didn't have to read the whole thing. I am sorry you have been subject to such petty mindedness again.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

It sounds like it was just completely random, perhaps from someone who loved Kirk and had not read much fanfiction before. (There's a thought among mundanes that many of the common tropes in fanfiction are to do with people working through mental health issues.) Such plain unfocused nastiness just isn't worth your effort thinking about it.

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Honestly! What do these people do when they are guests at someone's house and there is something on the dinner plate that they don't care for? If you don't like it, stop reading and move on. There are gods only know how many stories there are in all of fandom.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

*hugs* That is just nasty of them - I don't think it is anything to do with you, just a random jerk.

[jen-rock.livejournal.com]

I've seen a few nasty reviews lately from people who seem to be deliberately looking for things to complain about. There's a reviewer who leaves long, angry negative reviews on slash stories mainly in the Transformers fandom but I've seen her elsewhere as well. If she doesn't like slash, she shouldn't read it. I haven't seen any reviews from her lately so I'm hoping she got banned since multiple people complained about her.

Then recently there was a really long hate-filled review on a Batman story I read. The reviewer claimed to be a proud member of the "FFN Flamers for fiction purification," or some idiotic thing like that. The story wasn't even bad or offensive in any way. Some people are just so pathetic that they have to go through life being negative. So I hope you ignore this idiot and keep writing whatever you want without caring what other people think.