Post by Yugi on Apr 18, 2007 20:45:27 GMT -5
Ok, a few minutes ago I was surfing around FF.net since there was really nothing better to do and I was in a bit of a reading mood. Now due to the fact I have no real life(Who would want one? >3) and the fact my mind is a little screwy, I click on the Yu-Gi-Oh fnafic section for my own amusement to see just how many people write fanfics for that show.
Well I scroll down and find one with about 1,554 words in total, and it had in it's summary a CLEAR, I repeat, "CLEAR" as in "Right at the end of the dang summary in plain view, Warning about the contents of the story that read : Yaoi, cussing and sex.
Now for anyone of us who reads fanfics, the majority of us know what Yaoi is. Now since I have read the story before I had to admit that the writer could use a little improvement but other then that it was generally an Ok story. And as it was written one could easily have seen who the couple was, I'm guessing as another warning in case some don't read the summary.
So in a brief thought of curiousity I decided to see the reviews the story had recieved, which was only 2 mind you. And what I saw as the first comment just burned me up right there.
The first comment went exactly like this:
Okay, no offense, but it's kind of sickening, the whole gay thing.
For god's sake! There was a damn warning in the summary! And plus the story was also HINTING at the fact that the main couple circling was in fact Two males! So why in the world would you read it?! And honestly I can't really believe they expect that comment to not be taken as offensive, there is absolutely no freakin way to say something like that without offending someone!
And what also burned me up was that the only content of the review was that one sentance! I would believe that if someone told a person, who had actually taken the time to write a story, that they were sickened by the fact of the gender of the main couple then they seriously might just think that it maybe wasn't worth it to write the thing in the first place.
If you are going to read a story then for the love of all things holy please READ THE SUMMARY. If a summary is not shown thn look at the writing at the top of the first chapter to see if they placed it there along with any warnings.
With all due respect the comment was very uncalled for, if you are going to review a story then at least add constructive critisism! Let the author know what they need to improve and help them learn a little bit more, but don't just bluntly say you were sickened by it! It's not needed nor is it at all helpful!
Well That was my rant, I needed to get that out
