OMG! Thank you so much for saying exactly what I've been thinking!! Right down to the temptation to go anonymous (something I've always sworn I wouldn't do!).
Torchwood fandom has scarily low standards if all the gushing and rec'ing is anything to go by. I love janto_recs but currently it seems to have been hi-jacked by one reccer in particular. Now, while I respect her right to rec anything she enjoyed - which currently seems to be anything she's read - it's putting me off the site and I think it's an insult to fics that deserve to be on there. (to be fair I must also say that some of her recs are good).
There are also certain authors that I won't even click on their stories anymore and yet they continue to get numerous, gushing comments. I think sometimes it must be for the sheer number of fics they post - if you see the same name often enough, do you perhaps assume they must be a well known name in that fandom, and therefore must be good?
I have never left a negative comment on a fic - I know all too well how terrifying it can be to post in the first place - and I'm all for encouraging people to write, especially when they're new to it, but sometimes I think silence really is golden.
And ditto to the JP/Keiron too. While I enjoyed the JP/Craig (what little I saw at the time *grumble*) I think the JP/K is much more compelling - and frustrating!! I'm just hoping that now it looks like everyone is going to find out that silly Keiron realises he can't live without the lovely John Paul...and hopefully we'll get to see the nice make-up session ;)
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Date: 2008-05-21 08:27 pm (UTC)Torchwood fandom has scarily low standards if all the gushing and rec'ing is anything to go by. I love
There are also certain authors that I won't even click on their stories anymore and yet they continue to get numerous, gushing comments. I think sometimes it must be for the sheer number of fics they post - if you see the same name often enough, do you perhaps assume they must be a well known name in that fandom, and therefore must be good?
I have never left a negative comment on a fic - I know all too well how terrifying it can be to post in the first place - and I'm all for encouraging people to write, especially when they're new to it, but sometimes I think silence really is golden.
And ditto to the JP/Keiron too. While I enjoyed the JP/Craig (what little I saw at the time *grumble*) I think the JP/K is much more compelling - and frustrating!! I'm just hoping that now it looks like everyone is going to find out that silly Keiron realises he can't live without the lovely John Paul...and hopefully we'll get to see the nice make-up session ;)