kind of pissed off

[amalthia]

Okay first this is a rant...chances are none of what I write will be rational and I'll probably offend more than a few people...this is your chance to scroll on past and ignore this crazy girl.

This is where it started...SGA_SANTA apparently because they had 82 people sign up the moderators decided to post the stories on a website instead of having 82 posts in the sga_santa which really would kill my friends list for a week. Anyway I think it's a good idea, also it'll allow people outside of LJ to read the fics. I'm okay with it.

Now what has me pissed off is the people who don't want their fics on a website. I'm like WTF is wrong with websites? is it because if your story isn't on your LJ it means you can't friendslock it, or delete as soon as you think your story sucks and no one should be able to read it anymore? or you think your LJ design is 100X better than anything moonlettuce can come up with? (trust me not all LJ users are good website designers, in fact a lot do a real shitty job of making it easy to read their fics, you've seen them, the black background, super tiny white text)

Anyway, I just don't get what people have against websites nowdays??? I mean it feels like if you don't own a LJ you can forget about reading the new/all fics for SGA. Not all authors are archiving their fics with Wraithbait or anywhere else for that matter. And what really pisses me off is when authors remove their LJ and all the stories they had are gone for good, unless someone was smart enough to save them onto their harddrive. (there is a reason I obsessively save fics) So maybe that's what LJ users have against websites. It's one more step in their way to removing their fic from the net? (btw, moonlettuce already said she didn't plan to keep the website up forever and ever.)

I get that people want to have control over their stories. I do understand that. What I don't get is if you put something out there for the fandom why are you taking it away later? So basically this whole SGA Santa thing brought up all sorts of stuff I'm already kind of upset about and the issues I have with fandoms and inconsiderate authors. I don't mean the ones that tell everyone a month or two in advance that they are leaving...

I don't get why people friendslock their fics. I mean for me LJ is about getting in touch with people sharing, not hiding and forming secret friends groups. (maybe it satisfies some need not met in High School??? ) again who knows?

I guess all my anger and frustration boils down to my issues with people friendlocking their journals, deleting them, and removing all their fics from everywhere for no good reason.

Which doesn't really explain why I'm so upset that 3 or 4 people don't want their fic posted on a website? I don't think moonlettuce should change their plans because it makes 3 or 4 people unhappy. they are acting like it's the fucking end of the world because instead of reading their fic via LJ they have to god forbid visit another website? WTF is wrong with these people? seriously, moonlettuce is not going to remove warnings, fuck up the format, or make it near impossible to find the text (like I've seen some LJ users do). I happen to love LJ and I love websites. I think both are vital for a fandom community. Not everyone has a LJ and right now I'm seeing a trend where the people who don't have a LJ are kind of left out of the loop when it comes to finding stories, stargate episodes, and other information.

which makes me appreciate the people willing to create and maintain archives, personal fiction pages, information pages all the more.

I'm going to eat some food.