A BNF is, to me, one of those people who manages to become so well-known in a fandom that ANY opinion that DARES to oppose theirs is shot down. Any fic they write is Literary Genius, their commentary is always Insightful and Accurate, and more often than not they tend to be a bit... full of themselves. IMO, you can be well-known and well-respected in a fandom without being a BNF (since, in my little corner anyway, the term seems to have... negative connotations)
FW doesn't exist just to mock BNF's but rather ANY overly-dramatic kerfluffle that happens in fandom. It's just fun, for me. Possibly because I have a very sarcastic personality.
And my opinion on the feedback issue is that it's a personal choice, whether to give feedback, or, as an author, respond to it. What annoys me is when people 1) post impassioned rants on the subject on why they DESERVE feedback, damnit, because they are giving you a GIFT and you'd better appreciate it or else, and 2) feel the need to make another post explaining that they are too busy with their Life and their Art to respond to aforementioned feedback (yet they have time to post a nice long justification for their actions? WTF?). An opinion is one thing, making a huge LJ post about emailing habits (or lack thereof) just seems a bit silly and excessive to me.
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Date: 2003-01-11 02:26 pm (UTC)FW doesn't exist just to mock BNF's but rather ANY overly-dramatic kerfluffle that happens in fandom. It's just fun, for me. Possibly because I have a very sarcastic personality.
And my opinion on the feedback issue is that it's a personal choice, whether to give feedback, or, as an author, respond to it. What annoys me is when people 1) post impassioned rants on the subject on why they DESERVE feedback, damnit, because they are giving you a GIFT and you'd better appreciate it or else, and 2) feel the need to make another post explaining that they are too busy with their Life and their Art to respond to aforementioned feedback (yet they have time to post a nice long justification for their actions? WTF?). An opinion is one thing, making a huge LJ post about emailing habits (or lack thereof) just seems a bit silly and excessive to me.