I'm finding this is starting to happen more frequently...

[switch842]

...and it's starting to piss me off.

Has anyone else noticed the recent influx of suckiness in fandom? Like, all of them? Especially in fics and videos? Like, I hate reading WIPs, so I try to wait until they're done to read them. And there are some that sound really interesting and I'm really excited to read, and then I do. And it completely sucks ass. Everyone is so out of character, the grammar and spelling are atrocious. Ugh. It's almost to the point where I wish I could leave feedback or something that says "Please stop writing. You suck." But know I can't. Grrr.

And with the vids! Oy! With Microsoft including Windows Movie Maker on all the operating systems now, it seems like everyone and their 80 year old mother feels like they can do this. And most of the time, people just take a song and plop random scenes on top that don't go with the song, have nothing to do with the song.

It's just disaapointing cos I feel like sometimes, a lot of the good writers and vid makers are getting discouraged, cos there's all this crap out there and yet people keep gushing "ZOMG!!!!!111!! That was sooooo amazing!! Ur the best!" And they're not. And now I'm rambling, so I'm gonna shut up now.

Does anyone else feel this way?

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[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I was just bitching about a Heroes' comm that I had joined. When I finally got around to reading some of the "fics" listed there - to be honest, I get turned off with cutesy descriptions of pairings like "Paire", which mush the names together, AND I'm not fond of incest fics (I mean, c'mon! It's not like there aren't a jillion other characters on that show to slash!). And there were NO stories that were not vigenettes instead of actual FICS.

So yes. I agree insofar as I have experience with fandoms - they're sucky lately.

[switch842.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw that post. It kinda got me inspired to make this one cos I'm just seeing it everywhere. And it's driving me NUTS!! :-D