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You know, I still haven't worked out if I should be pleased or insulted by feedback which boils down to:
"Well, it was a good fic, even if it did have John/Teyla in it."
I should have thought that good fic was good fic, no matter what pairing it was. But maybe that's me using that damned Earth Logic again?
There are certainly pairings that I don't like and I don't read. I'm sure there are excellent fics about these pairings that won't hit my icky, squicky, and picky buttons - given the sheer volume of them, and the fact that some of those authors write stories about other pairings that I enjoy, there must be. I just choose not to read them.
But I don't think all fics about the pairings I dislike are crap. Some of them are, certainly. Then again, some fics about the pairings I like are also crap. Pairing is not the be-all and end-all of what is good, right, true, and wonderful about fandom, fanfic, or fans.
Much as some people might wish it was.
Please note that I consider the previously mentioned feedback very different to:
"I don't usually read or like John/Teyla, but I enjoyed your story."
The latter is praise in spite of a non-preferential pairing, where the mention of preference is a compliment to the author.
By comparison, the former seems like a grudging admission. Perhaps it was beaten out of them after a protracted session with a clue-by-four to which was attached a copy of said story?
I'm not going to discuss the people who feel 'dirty' after reading a fic where John/Teyla is the background pairing and *gasp* enjoying the overall fic! Oh, noes!!!111eleventy! "Please go to the John/Teyla decontam chamber on level four, where your brain will be scrubbed down for OMG liking a totally foul and disgusting pairing!"
*sigh*
I have no patience for fantards.
...I guess, to completely bastardise the words of Gaius Baltar, I should be glad to have received any praise for my John/Teyla fic - even if it was faint and damning.
"Well, it was a good fic, even if it did have John/Teyla in it."
I should have thought that good fic was good fic, no matter what pairing it was. But maybe that's me using that damned Earth Logic again?
There are certainly pairings that I don't like and I don't read. I'm sure there are excellent fics about these pairings that won't hit my icky, squicky, and picky buttons - given the sheer volume of them, and the fact that some of those authors write stories about other pairings that I enjoy, there must be. I just choose not to read them.
But I don't think all fics about the pairings I dislike are crap. Some of them are, certainly. Then again, some fics about the pairings I like are also crap. Pairing is not the be-all and end-all of what is good, right, true, and wonderful about fandom, fanfic, or fans.
Much as some people might wish it was.
Please note that I consider the previously mentioned feedback very different to:
"I don't usually read or like John/Teyla, but I enjoyed your story."
The latter is praise in spite of a non-preferential pairing, where the mention of preference is a compliment to the author.
By comparison, the former seems like a grudging admission. Perhaps it was beaten out of them after a protracted session with a clue-by-four to which was attached a copy of said story?
I'm not going to discuss the people who feel 'dirty' after reading a fic where John/Teyla is the background pairing and *gasp* enjoying the overall fic! Oh, noes!!!111eleventy! "Please go to the John/Teyla decontam chamber on level four, where your brain will be scrubbed down for OMG liking a totally foul and disgusting pairing!"
*sigh*
I have no patience for fantards.
...I guess, to completely bastardise the words of Gaius Baltar, I should be glad to have received any praise for my John/Teyla fic - even if it was faint and damning.