I know for a fact of myself and one other. I feel it is reasonable to figure there are more, given how limited my close-friendly circle is. Sorry if I sounded dumb :P
In this day and age "common sense" is, dare I say, not as common as a person may think. And I say common, not so much in the sense of frequent- it's not that people have lost their sense- but their sense is constantly changing, and different groups of people are changing in different ways. Some people out there would argue that not writing yaoi fanfic is common sense. Some have become so accustomed to having their desires catered to by machines and rigidly controlled bureaucracies that they forget that human beings are different from machines and require respect. Some people are just so young that they haven't learned the difference yet. What seems WTF to you or me may seem perfectly sensible to the person saying it. Or it may be a brain glitch that they will look back at and wonder what got into them. At any rate, there are so many different kinds of people online from so many backgrounds that culture shock is inevitable.
I've been slowly figuring out what flies and what doesn't with you, but it's been taking awhile. There will always be new people encountering your work for the first time who don't know the drill and will press your buttons without meaning to, or who aren't so well-meaning but don't understand when to bite their tongue.
I remember the days when I wrote fanfics for my old fandom. I remember getting an average of about 4 reviews per fic, and it made me sad. So, I made a point to always comment on others' fics, when I didn't comment I felt terrible, because I knew what it felt like to get only a handful of reviews or none at all. I suspect that the girl in question was of a similar mind.
I apologize if I'm being a devil's advocate. But fantwits and entitlement whores are people too. Annoying, but still human, and although I don't like them (because they distract you from writing Uchihacest) I understand to some degree where they are coming from.
I'll keep reviewing, and I'll try my best to avoid topic-hijacking (which seems to be my most frequent error.) I apologize if anything in this comment sounded stupid. There are still some points you said that I haven't addressed and wish to. I'll address them in the morning, after I've slept.
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In this day and age "common sense" is, dare I say, not as common as a person may think. And I say common, not so much in the sense of frequent- it's not that people have lost their sense- but their sense is constantly changing, and different groups of people are changing in different ways. Some people out there would argue that not writing yaoi fanfic is common sense. Some have become so accustomed to having their desires catered to by machines and rigidly controlled bureaucracies that they forget that human beings are different from machines and require respect. Some people are just so young that they haven't learned the difference yet. What seems WTF to you or me may seem perfectly sensible to the person saying it. Or it may be a brain glitch that they will look back at and wonder what got into them. At any rate, there are so many different kinds of people online from so many backgrounds that culture shock is inevitable.
I've been slowly figuring out what flies and what doesn't with you, but it's been taking awhile. There will always be new people encountering your work for the first time who don't know the drill and will press your buttons without meaning to, or who aren't so well-meaning but don't understand when to bite their tongue.
I remember the days when I wrote fanfics for my old fandom. I remember getting an average of about 4 reviews per fic, and it made me sad. So, I made a point to always comment on others' fics, when I didn't comment I felt terrible, because I knew what it felt like to get only a handful of reviews or none at all. I suspect that the girl in question was of a similar mind.
I apologize if I'm being a devil's advocate. But fantwits and entitlement whores are people too. Annoying, but still human, and although I don't like them (because they distract you from writing Uchihacest) I understand to some degree where they are coming from.
I'll keep reviewing, and I'll try my best to avoid topic-hijacking (which seems to be my most frequent error.) I apologize if anything in this comment sounded stupid. There are still some points you said that I haven't addressed and wish to. I'll address them in the morning, after I've slept.