Comments | teremala: ff.net hijinks - the CLOSETians are after me

teremala

ff.net hijinks - the CLOSETians are after me

Dec 27, 2005 16:23

Logged on today for the first time in surprisingly many days (read: I'm not ignoring anyone, but am rather distracted by Real Life at the moment), and found this gem in my inbox:

( cut for a long review from ff.net. To summarize: 'I love Eva (who is NOT Edriss!) and think she should be in every fic in the world and, also, do you want to join my CLOSET club? Initiation consists of hijacking your story and turning it into a 'shipper fic.' )

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thecityofdis December 27 2005, 14:54:09 UTC

Makes me glad I didn't post my latest anific to the Pit of Voles. ^^;

felinephoenix December 27 2005, 15:27:07 UTC

This reminds me of something I was going to post about yesterday, but didn't. I thought I'd found a good Animorphs fanfic messageboard. Unfortunately, once I started reading it, I realized that it was actually the CLOSET fan messageboard in disguise. I knew it was run by the person who "started" the CLOSET ship, but I didn't realize the board would basicially consist of everyone waxing poetical about Edriss/Alloran and getting their Yeerk love on. It was very disappointing. Nothing against their ship, though...I was just hoping for a dissenting opinion in there, which I could not find.

I think you have every right to be annoyed, though. It's not up to them to decide what your story should be about. Maybe you should try explaining that the story is going to be about Alloran (and Ax, in a way) not Esplin. But then you'll probably lose their readership. Such a tragedy!

teremala December 27 2005, 16:40:55 UTC

It was very disappointing. Nothing against their ship, though...I was just hoping for a dissenting opinion in there, which I could not find.

That's just it. I couldn't care less that they ship them, but, y'know, actual discussion is nice, too.

Maybe you should try explaining that the story is going to be about Alloran (and Ax, in a way) not Esplin.

I plan to reply to that effect, but I'd like to avoid actually upsetting anyone too badly. Normally I'd just say it and assume that people can handle the extremely minor disappointment that is someone else's fic going in a different direction than the reader might want, but I've had problems with shippers in other fandoms before and I'd prefer not to even go there with Animorphs. I'm thinking something along the lines of pointing out that I don't intend for there to be any ships in the fic, but if they care to read Eva/Alloran and/or Visser One/Alloran (I don't see how, but whatever) from subtext, that's just fine with me. Maybe I'll even restrain myself from pointing out that I read it ( ... )

felinephoenix December 27 2005, 17:10:10 UTC

That's just it. I couldn't care less that they ship them, but, y'know, actual discussion is nice, too.

Ditto. When I come across a shipping discussion, I'd like a little more than 50 replies of "I love Esplin/Edriss!". It's great to know that someone likes a ship, but I'd like to know why. Even more so if it's a shipper board. (Which this one definitely was, though it was advertising itself as a board for everyone.)

I've had problems with shippers in other fandoms before and I'd prefer not to even go there with Animorphs.

I'm sorry to hear that. Out of curiousity, though, which fandom/shippers?

I'm thinking something along the lines of pointing out that I don't intend for there to be any ships in the fic, but if they care to read Eva/Alloran and/or Visser One/Alloran (I don't see how, but whatever) from subtext, that's just fine with me.I think that would be the most diplomatic way of handling this. Though as a shipper, I'll warn you that might just encourage them to think the story really is a CLOSET fic in disguise. I know that ( ... )