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I tracked down the ~~offender's~~ commenter's LJ by googling her address (apparently I've got all this time on my hands *g*) and she seems to be a yaoi fan with almost no one friended. Interesting...

I'm working on the assumption that she wanted to be helpful, but it's like someone patting me on the head for my work in kindergarten. I like your wacky comments better. I want to write a story that makes someone avoid the M&S scented candle display. *g*

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Did she see it somewhere where its age was apparent? Most of my archived stuff looks like it was written in the last year if you pay attention to the date it was posted.

Ah yes... that would be the story where Doyle uses a candle to... light Bodie's way. Yes. :D

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Is this the confessional-rattler, or something older?

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That's the one, if the box is a rockin' don't come a knockin' *g*

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To be fair, that story is only posted on my website, with no date in sight.

Doyle, ahem, lights Bodie's way? Heh.

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Yes, Bodie needs a hand as he's wearing handcuffs at the time. Doyle is nothing if not helpful. *nods*

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That Doyle. Always willing to help a bloke out. *g*

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The man is a cub scout, not question about it, always willing to help Bodie with his woggle.

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It's an illuminating little story...

*ducks and runs*

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Well, it certainly opened a few eyes. *g*

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Perhaps English is not her first language (the "ne" is either an anime affectation or she may be Asian). In any case, I think it may be a kindly-meant pat on the head from someone who thinks "do your best!" is the greatest response to creative endeavors.

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Based on her profile, I'd say American with anime affectations. (She claims to live in a cornfield. I suppose she could be ex-pat Asian, but I'm thinking not.)

I'm trying not to respond with the snark, because I'm half-convinced it was well-meant. If only condescension weren't such a red flag for me.

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I honestly think the smiley face is supposed to indicate that it's well-meant. You don't really hang out on the MFU coms and she would have had to have found your website by googling/digging around for it so she might think you're trying out the fandom for the first time and haven't moved on to the coms/in to the archives yet.

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Which is a fair enough assessment. I really haven't been active in UNCLE for years. It's just amusing as hell from my end, considering the number of years I was really active in the fandom. (Way pre-LJ, of course.)

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That's the thing, I think people are skipping from fandom to fandom so much any more that half the time they don't really know any of the background stuff. When I've become interested in a fandom it's because I've seen/read all of the canon (or am doing so as the canon is in the process of airing) and because I've read at least a large percentage of the archived stories/older stories at the coms. I think I was hanging out at LI'73, reading and commenting for about two-three months before I ever posted anything there. I really don't want this to come off as a "hey kids get off my lawn thing" but I've recently seen people posting stories/leaving comments at both LoM and Pros where they've said "I haven't watched all of the show yet" or "I've only seen four episodes." I think it was about a year ago where someone posted at LI'73 to ask which one was Sam and which one was Gene as she was about to post a story and wanted to check. Egads!

I recognize writers names in my fandoms that haven't been active in them in years/who have long since moved on to other fandoms but I don't think that would be common any more. My experience with the newb who thought I should be encouraged to write my second story isn't an isolated one.

Ah, I followed the name you mentioned further down and she does indeed appear to be a bit of a fandom butterfly. Her recs cover multiple fandoms.

Edited Date: 2010-09-15 03:04 am (UTC)

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I held off on reading Pros fanfic for a couple of years until I could finally track the episodes down. (This was in the late '80s/early '90s, and finding Brit shows that didn't air over here was a nightmare.) And I'll never tackle a fandom until I'm familiar/comfortable with the canon, and have read a heck of a lot of fic in the fandom.

Alas, that definitely seems to be an attitude whose time is fading, in some areas of fandom, anyway.

I think not being able to tell Sam from Gene is actually worse that not being able to tell Bodie from Doyle. Marginally, anyway.

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I completely agree. Bodie and Doyle are almost twins in comparison to Sam and Gene. *g*

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One does wonder WTF a suchlike person is doing in the middle of Muncle-land. I offer up prayers unto the fic-gods that she's not going to try her hand at NCIS fic -- badfic abounds in that fandom.

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Well, if you see a certain sqkiwibird pop up, you might want to run away. I'm just sayin'.

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