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[bluflamingo]

So, after the better part of a decade in fandom, I just got flamed. I'm not really sure why those two stories set off such vitriol - I don't think two men breaking up, and then two men getting interrupted in the middle of having sex exactly counts as a masturbatory fantasy even if I wasn't a lesbian, but what do I know? Actually, I'm not even sure what you'd have to be googling related to Stargate or Numbers to come across those two stories.

Also, thanks for the advice, but I already write my own stories about my own characters, and sell them, so my flamer is tragically late to that party.

Plus, die in a fire and get cancer? Shouldn't it be the other way around - I hardly think I'm going to care about getting cancer if I've already died in a fire.

Still, I've never been flamed before, I feel sort of like this occasion should be honoured somehow. Realistically, by writing homoerotic stories while leeching off talented writers of other shows :) Anyone want to prompt me?

Comments

[gaffsie]

Sometimes I think people like that go around looking for targets to aim their rage-overflow at.

[skieswideopen]

Wow, someone was looking for an excuse to be angry!


But yes, definite mark the occasion. I think there should be cake or something.

[ignemferam]

it's indeed hilarious. is it bad that i wish them come across one of those kinkmeme stories during their "search" and blow their casket in the process?

[eumelia]

Whoa! Well, it was suitably non sensical and creepy and in very poor taste, she said in great understatement.

Still, congratulations on a fandom first, I guess.

[carolyn_claire]

Troll! Troll in the, er, fanfic! Troooooollllll! *g*

[bluflamingo]

I guess so. I'm a little bit - of all the stuff I've ever written, you pick that one?! - but mostly amused that they'd bother :)

[bluflamingo]

Hmm, I did make cake at the weekend, good excuse to eat some!

[bluflamingo]

Tell me about it! Honestly, that story was incredibly tame compared to some of the stuff in fandom - even compared to some of the stuff I've written, and I don't consider my stuff to be especially out there

[bluflamingo]

I know, right? That said, it's far from the most upsetting thing I've had said about me in the past couple of weeks, and it's not like he really means me, if that makes sense.

[bluflamingo]

Can I put it in a jar and keep it as a pet? I'm imagining a teeny tiny troll raging like a kitten at me, and it's brightening my day :)

[sid]

Well, someone has gotten their knickers in a twist! Yeesh.

I'm not positive, but I think the only remotely comparable thing that ever happened to me was the anonymous person who furiously took me to task for putting Jack on the bottom. Not because Jack wouldn't do that sort of thing, but because Anonymous wanted to 'slip the boner to Daniel', or something like that. In other words, I had interfered with HIS masturbatory fantasy!

[siria]

I think the best part is how the commenter thinks that the SGA creators were talented. ... Joe? Joe Mallozzi? Is that you?

[astridv]

Lol. That flame reads like some weird performance art.

[colls]

Wow.
They do realize that google searches are tailored based on a user's history, right?


On the other hand, you've maybe officially 'made it on the map', so congratulations. I think.

[patk]

What can I say ...

This person should

a) get a life
b) get a therapist and
c) get an idendity.

'Nuff said.

[rhi]

:bemused:: Yeah, that's a cranky 'special' snowflake there. Sheesh. May that have been an isolated incident and not a sign that the 'crazy fan' spotlight is on!

All that said? I personally vote that you pull out the strangest idea you've been vaguely considering writing and write that mother. Just because!

[emeraldsword]

Flamers are weird. *hugs*

[bluflamingo]

That's...different. And weird.

[bluflamingo]

Hee! I mean, I liked the show and talented in the sense of able to write a tv show that ran for five seasons is a definition, I suppose, but... What, it wouldn't be a problem if he *didn't* think the writers were talented?

[bluflamingo]

It kind of does, doesn't it? I think especially since it was such a weird choice of story for the comment

[siria]

I get the sense that this person's personal ethical code is... not entirely thought through. :)

[bluflamingo]

Thanks! And yeah, I think they missed that class in troll-school :)

[bluflamingo]

Indeed!

[bluflamingo]

Yeah - I wasn't considering writing a sequel to the John/Lorne story where Lorne gets hit with sex pollen and John helps him out, but now I am!

[bluflamingo]

True!

[medie]

Can we ask him if, by any chance, Torri Higginson would agree with his assessment of the writers? Because I'm pretty sure she wouldn't :p

[forestgreen]

Ok, I don't know if that was the reaction the were looking for, but I laughed and laughed and laughed. Because, seriously, that story was so tame... now if they ever were to stumble upon a kinkmeme they might die without the fire and the cancer, instant heart attack.

[bluflamingo]

No, I pretty much responded with hysterical laughter as well :) and seriously - I've written stuff way less tame than that, and I consider my stuff to be pretty tame. Such a weird story to fetch up at and rant about

[medie]

hmmm...*consults your profile*

How about Joey Lucas/Sam Carter?
Cameron Mitchell/Aaron Hotchner? (ye gods, can you imagine how much fun Cam would have messing Aaron up?)
David/Colby (because Alimi Ballard is adorbs on Twitter and I am flush with the David nostalgia)

If none of these work, just yell. I'm sure I can come up with more :)

[scrollgirl]

I don't think you need me to echo what everyone else has said, but *hugs* because it's never fun to deal with trolls, even when they're amusingly off-base and nonsensical.

I would love to read anything with one of the Stargate ladies! You pick which one (or more than one) and throw in... Hmm. "Learning a new skill." Any kind of skill.

[rubygirl29]

Actually, that's kind of hilarious. It's not even a well-written expression of outrage. They sound as cranky as if they've been caught coitus interruptus. So sorry for them. LOL.

BTW, Clearly it's cranky-pants day. I've dealt with really annoying people all day long.

[cathalin]

Omg, how random. Even though I know comments like that are seriously trolls and should be laughed off, it's easier to say than to do when it's your own writing, so, sorry you had to deal with it.

Having said that, I just read the John/Lorne and it's great! I actually got frustrated and sad at the lost potential there! Powerful writing, because it was short and yet said so much. <3

[karmageddon]

Wow, hon *hugs*

Prompt

[karmageddon]

Jack/John, porn

[ninja007]

I don't get it. When they see what a story is about, why don't they do like I do? MOVE ON. I don't read things I don't want to. I can see ahead of time whether a story is something I won't like. Your fic are well labeled, so they have no excuse. Seriously. I think I have to agree with Gaffsie on this. I don't like mcshep, but I don't go out of my way to look for their authors to blast... Not that I blast them anyway... To each their own.

[bluflamingo]

Sorry you've been dealing with cranky people :( I have all week as well - makes this guy seem a lot less of a pain compared to some of the people, sadly

[bluflamingo]

You get David/Colby, because I've just been rewatching Numb3rs, so I'm similarly nostalgic:

David sees familiar boots by the door as he steps into his apartment, and he's about to call out before he realizes how quiet the place is. He double-checks, spots Colby's duffel in the corner and Colby's coat hung on the wall. It all adds up to Colby being there somewhere, but Colby in his apartment usually means music going and Colby appearing to greet him before he's even gotten the door closed.

"Okay," David says to himself softly. He toes off his own shoes, and pads through the apartment, turning on a couple of lights as he goes. It's only his first winter in DC, and he hasn't gotten used to the early, freezing dark of the evenings.

He's not entirely surprised to find Colby in the bedroom. He's curled up, back to the door, still fully dressed except for his shoes and jacket, obviously sleeping.

David crosses to the bed, sits down and watches Colby for a moment. He's got a bruise coming up on his cheek and a brace just visible on his left wrist, which makes sense, since David wasn't expecting him for another couple of days, and Colby never shows up early unless something's gone wrong.

"Hey." David rests a hand on Colby's shoulder, shakes lightly when Colby doesn't immediately start awake.

"Hmm," Colby says. He stiffens for a moment, then relaxes, shifting onto his back and smiling up at David. "Hey. Sorry."

David leans in to kiss him hello, and it feels normal, even though they haven't seen each other in a month and a half. For the record: long-distance relationships suck, especially after two years of seeing each other every day. "Nothing to be sorry for."

Colby frowns. "I was going to cook. Stopped off on my way here."

"You can still cook, it's four thirty in the afternoon."

Colby looks at the window, then back to David, still frowning, looking half-asleep. "Really?"

"Really." David offers his phone as proof, tries not to find it adorable when Colby stares at it like it's started talking math without the analogy. "Dinner's hours away yet."

Colby grins, and it's enough to catch David off-balance so he falls into Colby when Colby pulls him down. "Then you should come to bed," Colby says, kissing him again.

"You want to nap?"

Colby pulls him in close and gets a hand under David's shirt. "Something like that," he says.

[scrollgirl]

Oh, that was lovely! I love Colby all befuddled with sleep and David quietly waking him up! I think the saddest thing about Numb3rs ending was the David/Colby partnership dissolving--at least at first glance. I accept the premise that they managed a long-distance relationship.