by Jinx (at thefannish.org for email)
by Jinx (at thefannish.org for email)
Hi. We need to talk.
I'm your reader. We've had a good relationship, haven't we? You post, I look and offer my compliments. I give you a reader base, you give me something to entertain myself with.
But, you know, I wonder if you aren't taking advantage of me. I remember when you used to give me plots. Not all the time, but enough that I didn't feel cheated for having faith in you. It wasn't just a cheap pretense to porn. You used to try and explain to me why someone would cheat on their wife, or even give some sort of recognition they had one, or would sleep with a minor, or a relation.
Or hell, why they would do anything.
Now it feels like you're playing whack-a-mole with character actions. Whack! He's happy! Whack! He's got a oral fixation! Whack! He's a liberal! Whack! Up the teenager's ass!
Get the idea?
What happened? We used to be so great together. You could fit a idea into a established world that felt like it belonged there or had the potential to be there. Even some of the more outlandish things. You could at least allow me to suspend my disbelief for a few seconds.
You had me believing in all sorts of things once.
It feels like you don't even care anymore, writer. And that hurts. I trusted you. I looked up to you. I lost sleep over you, if it was a particularly long fic.
You've made me laugh. You've made me feel woeful. You've shocked and amazed me. You've done some wonderful things.
It's a shame it's all gone now, in lieu of cheap, easy porn. Or character studies that don't even stay true to the character. There's no end to the ways you've stopped doing your job.
I know people haven't been really telling you this, but your decline was so gradual they failed to notice when you replaced their regular fic with refried shit. Maybe they like it that way now. Maybe they don't care about it being fanfiction anymore. I have no idea. I just wish we could be together again, like we used to be. (see Lilac's queer het rant)
Don't let it be said I'm unreasonable, writer. I just think we should have a bit of a break. Let us both think. I'm not sure I want to be with someone who can't put the effort into their work anymore, when you used to do so well.
Maybe we can get back together sometime. For old time's sake. Maybe you'll show up on my doorstep one night with flowers, claiming that you've changed.
Maybe you'll keep at your stupid crap. Who knows? Cut it out already, before I file a restraining order.
Hey, if anyone wants to send me links to good fanfic to prove me wrong, my email is listed up there. I'd appreciate it. I know pretty much all the fandoms except rps.