Dear Doctor Who fandom

[nonelvis]

The reccing comm concept is simple.

Step 1. People sign up to recommend stories they like. Because people have different tastes in fanfic, sometimes you'll like what they rec, and sometimes you won't.

Step 2. If you don't like what people recommend, you can sign up to recommend something yourself.

Please note that Step 2 is not "I'm going to whine about three_settings or calufrax oppressing me" on an anonymous meme.

Now, stop failing at step 2.

Thanks.

Comments

[livii.livejournal.com]

No, I hope you don't get too much blowback on it. I'm sorry to contribute but I decided, I dunno, to just sort of say it and hope in some way it might be useful to you to know what sorts of things people might be thinking.

Your comments since that one comment have been thoughtful and responsive, and I hope people will take the time to see that and react appropriately (though I think if they still want to discuss some of the broader issues brought up, they probably will). Best of luck. I know it sucks when you feel like you're in too deep/in the shit; for what it's worth, which I know isn't much, but I think you've done a good job since.

[papilio-luna.livejournal.com]

One disadvantage of my decision to post as obvious!anon was I couldn't go back and edit once I gave that one a re-read and went "!!!"

Ironically enough, my comment above was posted prematurely by me hitting return in some weird way that told LJ to post, and I was mid-edit when I saw your reply. I didn't intend to use my Sooper Shippy Icon either. *sigh* Just one of those days. But thank you for expressing your feelings, and doing so unanon and personally with me. I certainly appreciate everyone who legitimately wanted to have a discussion rather than shouting match.

Sometimes fandom feels like a minefield. Sometimes it feels like a drug. And pretty much all the time I'm certain that I don't know what I'm doing either which way.

*jumping in*

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I'm not going to get into the other stuff, but please don't let a few anons get you down. As others have said, you made it fairly clear what your tastes were at the beginning of your week. You were also paired with someone we knew would rec a much wider range of stories. I'm sure there were a number of people who appreciated your recs, so just focus on them.

Re: *jumping in*

[papilio-luna.livejournal.com]

Thank you for that, o my mod. :) I could have brushed it off a lot easier if people just stuck to "you recced a pairing I don't like HDU" but it kind of got a bit out of hand subsequently. Still, I hope this means a flood of new and interesting reccers for the comm, so there's that!