Just as you pointed out, what IS different is this staggering sense of entitlement, . People are now expecting their itches to be scratched, as opposed to writing something that scratches their itches. Which would be okay if people were paying for this entertainment and then you were royally pissed off because it was so horrible (can anyone say Dead Man's Chest?). But no one is paying me to write my fanfiction dreck, and I find it laughable that so many people expect you to "perform." This is what the internet has brought us. Even people who aren't technically performing are seen as beholden to their readers. This is what I think is the genesis behind a lot of snarky, mean reviews. Rarely do I read a mean comment that actually addresses what might be wrong with a fic. No, it's usually couched in language that basically says, "Hey, you didn't write my characters the way I wanted them written." On these hate memes sites I always get a lot of grief because I tend to not write canon characters. Do I labor under the delusion that I write canon characters? Absolutely not! But it's a huge fault of mine. Apparently.
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Date: 2012-06-17 10:50 pm (UTC)