Open letter

[kat_lair]

Dear Fanfic Author,

If you are not going to bother answering comments, then I'm not going to bother with leaving you one, no matter how much I liked your fic. And no, I'm not talking about comments a few days old that you just haven't gotten around to yet. I'm talking about comments that were left several months ago and haven't been acknowledged with even a simple 'thank you'. Also, if it's clear that you're only answering comments left by your in-crowd or other so-called BNFs, then I will be doubley disinclined to acknowledge your fic in any way. Because nothing gets up my nose faster than that sort of high-school elitism and if that makes me a petty bitch then so be it. You can take your entitlement issues and 5 pages of unanswered comments and fuck off.

Ask me if I care,
Kat

Comments

[maboheme.livejournal.com]

I've been wanting to leave a letter like this for ages to some fanfic writers. Right on. <3

Truly one of my biggest pet peeves in fandom, lol.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Amen, sister. Any author, fanfic or otherwise, acting like they are somehow entitled to good reviews (which i think not bothering to answer comments sort of implicitly implies) gets on my tits like very little else. Talent is nothing without some fucking humility.