Level Two: Or, how I learned to stop frothing and just let loose with profanity-laden argument

[blamebrampton]

Level Two has begun posting!



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There is some AMAZING art coming out of that community, and stories, too! Basically: Harry Potter, Auror, Draco Malfoy, roped-in Unspeakable; Adventures Ensue.

I did a spot of stuff for them. I probably should have been pimping the hell out of it for weeks now. Unfortunately, while I met a few absolutely amazing people there and have been blown away by some of the talent, the experience has made me want to leave fandom. Not stop writing fics, or leave my brilliant flist, just, never again get involved in anything comm-like and wave both sharpened stakes and leis of garlic at most 'fandom discussions'.

One of the sensible people there told me that she thought a lot of the issues came out of people's Personal Issues, and that we could probably blame school for most of them. It's all coming back to me why I found school easy: I spent the whole time running around the sports oval, in the library, or in active (as in legislative and policy-based) student politics. I never had to negotiate the Mean Girls issues because they needed me for the hockey team, or to win at debating, or to come round and ride one of my ponies, and I never had to care because I could be in any country by the end of the year, so why bother?

All of which means I am extremely badly raised for dealing with bullshit drama. And oh my god, the drama … and the bullshit …

Happily, just at the very exact moment I decided: fuck it, I will meet my responsibilities and then bugger it all, fandom does not need me and I certainly do not need it, the extremely marvellous birdsofshore held a love-in for the enchantingly lovely capitu, and I was all Oh THAT'S why fandom can be worthwhile.

So now I am just going to ignore more things, and be more honest about some other things. Expect a jokier Malcolm Tucker with a degree in logic.

Meanwhile, Level Two: you don't have to suffer through anything, because the end product is Good Stuff!

Comments

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Mel, you seem to have this belief there was one incident. This is utterly divorced from reality. And you seem also to have forgotten the flare of great Britpicking wank that spread across wider fandom the other week, which was anything but contained. You also seem to believe that that end incident was the only part of that comm I found bullshit drama, to which I laugh and laugh.

We ended up with such an enormously large number of people walking away that even the most blithely optimistic person could not in a reasonable world pretend that things went smoothly. Though I rather admire your willingness to try. Again, though, if you think this is the first post from anyone saying OMG about the experience, it's not a thought grounded in fact.

I still think the people who have worked on it have done great work and that a lot of talent went into the end product. I also stated at the beginning of the project that 'my friend' if we are going with euphemisms was a grumpy old fart, with scads of talent. He acted like, and remains, a grumpy old fart, with scads of talent. I also stated very very early on that there seemed to be one rule for free expression when it came to some people and another when it came to others. This also remained and was the entire reason I have reached the point of 'fuck it, I'm not playing.'

You have known me long enough to know that I can cope with most views that wildly diverge from mine, and will argue them cheerfully without personal rancour (or at least any beyond the 'Seriously? WTF?' level), but find inconsistency and people willing to argue one thing for one group of people and the exact opposite for another utterly infuriating. That remains exactly the case.

[melusinahp.livejournal.com]

I don't know what you mean by "once incident". I'm talking about the com as a whole and the experience of interacting with everyone there though the entire run. I'm not going to get into specifics, because this is a public, unlocked, unfiltered post and it's no one else's business.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

My response to he-who-must-not-be-named's treatment is one incident in my arms in the air whilst simultaneously head-desking reaction to the experience of the comm.

You seem to be rolling me into a 'side' and conflating my issues with someone else's.This is not an accurate way of viewing events, but if you're happy with it, go wild, it's just based on fallacies.