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Got a review on The Pit for my story Playing with Fire (link leads to FF.net) that said--and I quote:
omg
that was umm well I can't really comment because I ama girl myself and if i
said that was "cool" or "awesome" it would sound like I am lesbian, which i'm
not
but Great penmenship
...? I don't understand... If you don't want to sound like you're a lesbian, then why would you a) read fanfic that is clearly marked as containing a lesbian pairing, b) read one that is clearly going to be sexual in nature (all you have to do is look at the summary and the rating to figure that one out) and c) comment on it in the first place?
Also, most importantly, why would you be concerned with whether or not someone on the internet who you don't know is going assume you're a lesbian, especially when that person is the one who wrote the fic. I just...
Damn it.
omg
that was umm well I can't really comment because I ama girl myself and if i
said that was "cool" or "awesome" it would sound like I am lesbian, which i'm
not
but Great penmenship
...? I don't understand... If you don't want to sound like you're a lesbian, then why would you a) read fanfic that is clearly marked as containing a lesbian pairing, b) read one that is clearly going to be sexual in nature (all you have to do is look at the summary and the rating to figure that one out) and c) comment on it in the first place?
Also, most importantly, why would you be concerned with whether or not someone on the internet who you don't know is going assume you're a lesbian, especially when that person is the one who wrote the fic. I just...
Damn it.
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Date: 2009-12-06 05:24 am (UTC)From:Haha, yeah, that was a bit weird. I was like WTF too, but I just wasn't sure what to say about that so I just...didn't. I agree that I think that's what they were trying to say, but, yeah... O_o
Aw, thank you. :3 I don't know what she'd make of you, LOL. After a little while in fandom, you learn that the pairings someone likes doesn't mean anything about their sexuality (if it did the majority of fanfic writers would be gay men instead of preteen girls) so I'm going to guess the reviewer hasn't been participating in fandom for too long.