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Nov. 5th, 2011
New pet peeve!
Nov. 5th, 2011 05:51 pmSo, we watched Inglorious Basterds again the other night, and I--of course--went looking for fic as soon as we'd finished because Tarentino's combination of stylized, glorious violence and his writing make me very happy. I found some really good stuff. Unfortunately, some of it came with an author's note along the top that was basically apologizing for writing in a style similar to the movie and even going so far as to apologize for the historical inaccuracy of the work. And I don't mean, "I didn't do the research, so things may be wrong," apology. I mean, "Um, so I'm sorry this is historically inaccurate, but the movie is too, so I kinda had to," sort of apology.
The. Fuck.
I don't know if you all know this, but generally, when people go to read something fannish they are doing it because they have experience the fannish thing itself. Do I expect you to use PC language when writing about a Nazi killing Jews in an alternate World War II? No. Do I expect you to research the actual war timeline to make sure you haven't made a mistake? Fuck no. I WATCHED THE BLOODY MOVIE. I want violence and explosions and bloodshed and general goddamn mayhem with a side of hot beefcake (I do not like Eli Roth's movies, but that boy has some nice goddamn arms).
If you're writing in a fandom where there is some political correctness or in modern day, I can understand a sort of warning note that, "Hey, everyone, I drop some words most people don't like," warning, but it's not required because you are writing in the style and time of the fucking source material. If you have a character in say, a Magnificent 7 fic (set in the Old West) refer to Nathan as "colored," I do not assume you some close-minded fuck. I assume you know that at the time, that was an acceptable thing to say. Same if you write something based in the first half of the century and write a passive female character. That was how women were expected to act. I have a goddamn brain.
I gotta be honest, if I see you apologizing for some type of usage that is perfectly acceptable within the canon of what you're writing, I assume you have a rod up your ass that has a rod up its ass. I know you're a writer. I promise. And I do not assume that your fictional characters (who are not your creations to begin with) are somehow your secret soapbox for your sexism or racism or whatever it is you're apologizing for. And, hell, even if you're writing something original, I still don't assume that. Writers who write fiction write fiction. I never immediately assume that just because a writer has done something objectionable like used a slur or written a swear or had a character get treated badly, that the writer is an asshole. I assume you're a goddamn writer. Nut up.
The. Fuck.
I don't know if you all know this, but generally, when people go to read something fannish they are doing it because they have experience the fannish thing itself. Do I expect you to use PC language when writing about a Nazi killing Jews in an alternate World War II? No. Do I expect you to research the actual war timeline to make sure you haven't made a mistake? Fuck no. I WATCHED THE BLOODY MOVIE. I want violence and explosions and bloodshed and general goddamn mayhem with a side of hot beefcake (I do not like Eli Roth's movies, but that boy has some nice goddamn arms).
If you're writing in a fandom where there is some political correctness or in modern day, I can understand a sort of warning note that, "Hey, everyone, I drop some words most people don't like," warning, but it's not required because you are writing in the style and time of the fucking source material. If you have a character in say, a Magnificent 7 fic (set in the Old West) refer to Nathan as "colored," I do not assume you some close-minded fuck. I assume you know that at the time, that was an acceptable thing to say. Same if you write something based in the first half of the century and write a passive female character. That was how women were expected to act. I have a goddamn brain.
I gotta be honest, if I see you apologizing for some type of usage that is perfectly acceptable within the canon of what you're writing, I assume you have a rod up your ass that has a rod up its ass. I know you're a writer. I promise. And I do not assume that your fictional characters (who are not your creations to begin with) are somehow your secret soapbox for your sexism or racism or whatever it is you're apologizing for. And, hell, even if you're writing something original, I still don't assume that. Writers who write fiction write fiction. I never immediately assume that just because a writer has done something objectionable like used a slur or written a swear or had a character get treated badly, that the writer is an asshole. I assume you're a goddamn writer. Nut up.
