A rec had better be as good as FB, because I do the former far more than the latter.
See, I hardly ever give FB, because I've hurt people's feelings doing that, even though my intent was to praise. (It's the sarcasm , maybe. It sort of corrupts even things I want to be serious.) But I've always assumed that a) a rec was not equal to or an even halfway acceptable substitute for FB and b) I'm being really rude by not doing FB, too. (But my fandom manners suck just in general, so I'm in a familiar place with the rude thing. After the tentacle porn came out, I was so impressed with the way you handled FB; you replied to every comment, and it never sounded forced. I kept observing wistfully to BB, "She's so good at this." To which BB would say, paging through the comments, "She really is," in these deeply impressed tones.)
And you recced RPF! Wasn't that good? I loved it.
It totally was! (Did I get the rec from you? Because, if so, thanks. Wow. But whoops for forgetting; the way I browse, I never remember where I got anything.)
And it's doubly satisfying, because I just love it so much when writers get paid for FF. Someone needs to make a list of canons in the public domain and people dead long enough to be considered historical, with useful links and sources and so on. It could be called the "If You're Gonna Do It, You Might as Well Get Paid for It" site. Something like that.)
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See, I hardly ever give FB, because I've hurt people's feelings doing that, even though my intent was to praise. (It's the sarcasm , maybe. It sort of corrupts even things I want to be serious.) But I've always assumed that a) a rec was not equal to or an even halfway acceptable substitute for FB and b) I'm being really rude by not doing FB, too. (But my fandom manners suck just in general, so I'm in a familiar place with the rude thing. After the tentacle porn came out, I was so impressed with the way you handled FB; you replied to every comment, and it never sounded forced. I kept observing wistfully to BB, "She's so good at this." To which BB would say, paging through the comments, "She really is," in these deeply impressed tones.)
And you recced RPF! Wasn't that good? I loved it.
It totally was! (Did I get the rec from you? Because, if so, thanks. Wow. But whoops for forgetting; the way I browse, I never remember where I got anything.)
And it's doubly satisfying, because I just love it so much when writers get paid for FF. Someone needs to make a list of canons in the public domain and people dead long enough to be considered historical, with useful links and sources and so on. It could be called the "If You're Gonna Do It, You Might as Well Get Paid for It" site. Something like that.)