Yeah, I can tell it's May ...

[veronica_rich]

This makes the second troll my Will community has attracted from sparrabeth in the past month. (You've gotta scroll to the bottom of those pages for it.) Why do I think that? Oh, I don't know - just a hunch.

This wasn't a criticism of my writing style (which would be fair). It was simply an excuse to anonymously bitch in a minority forum and denounce anything that takes fan focus off Jack and/or Elizabeth.

And no, neither of these comments are particularly horrifying, but as it gets closer to May 23 and some J/E fans get meaner about not getting their way ... well, I haven't lived this long not to spot a problem a mile away. I don't want to have to resort to disabling anonymous commenting in a fan forum. Are there any community mods on my f-list who have dealt with this, with advice? I already made a short post asking "visitors" to the comm to be respectful of the members there, but I wonder if it'll work.

Geez o pete. I didn't realizing having a Will community would be like disagreeing with the Mafia! LOL


Seriously, I keep reading how J/E fans are so much older and more mature than us "13-year-old hormonal" Will/Orlando fans. Me no think so.

Comments

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I'd disable anonymous comments, for sure.

I don't understand the Will hate that's out there -- he's a great character, and my preference would be for all of them to end up together, somehow. But the filmmakers messed that up pretty thoroughly.

But that's why we have fanfic, isn't it? ;)

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

But the filmmakers messed that up pretty thoroughly.

Being Disney, I really don't see how they could put them all together in acceptable fashion for the mass of moviegoers. For all the "daring" labels tossed around about POTC, it's really just "boy v. boy for girl" like a lot of its other Princess movies.

But that's why we have fanfic, isn't it? ;)

One of the many reasons, yes ....

[philosophercat.livejournal.com]

So, she thought the pairing was rude? It's possibly the same person as before, unwilling to fight it out with you on the previous comment thread.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

You mean geek_mama_2? No, she wouldn't comment anonymously, and she wouldn't comment just to complain at a fellow writer.

[philosophercat.livejournal.com]

How did my reply get here? o_O I meant to reply to our thread above, about the latest comment.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

*the light bulb goes on*

I suppose the anonymous commenter could be one and the same. Who can tell? That's sort of the point of anonymonity, I guess. ;-)

My annoyance comes largely in being proven right on the first comment. When I first read it weeks ago, my immediate thought was that someone from that specific J/E community had surfed over, but I couldn't prove it, so, you know - whatever. Lo and behold, I go there the very same day and the post from my community had been copied over to an entry there - pretty much proving my suspicion was correct.

[philosophercat.livejournal.com]

It is disheartening to find you're right about something like that, as one still hopes people can play together in a fandom. Fandom is supposed to be fun, right? Why does it always have to turn into so much quibbling like this? And, of course, those who aren't throwing the stones don't think their side is on the offensive (ex a few commenters there who were confused by your reaction).

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Being Disney, I really don't see how they could put them all together in acceptable fashion for the mass of moviegoers.

Wow. Now you're inspiring me -- I'm thinking a complete A/U, using all the same characters, but with a different plot and a much happier ending.

Ack! Plot bunnies!

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

If you can pull it off, have at!