Oh no... including Angry Rant

[kohaku]

I hate it when beloved people leave fandom or LJ or both. I hate losing people I grew to really like/ love.

This time, hjartad is so hurt and sad that she will leave fandom as a writer.

I wish I knew the person who hurt Kia so badly that she wants to stop writing her fucking brilliant stories that made me fall in love with this fandom. I wish I knew what he/ she said or did. Because I want to counter it. It's not fucking fair. It's not fair that somebody comes along and writes some mean shitty feedback that makes someone lose his/ her love for writing. That's beyond mean. I did not know that such shitheads existed, maybe because I write too little too seldom, but come on folks. Feedback is not about making the author feel bad to have written the story. That's not what fandom is about. Fandom is about sharing. And, (like I said verrrrry often in the last few weeks) it's about sharing the love. Love, folks, and not hurting someone. I do joke about fics I don't like, I must confess. But among my friends, and never ever in front of the author. I would never sit down and write a feedback telling the author that I did not like the story I just read. If I don't like a story, I don't fucking send any feedback! Simple as that. Now, constructive criticism is a whole different thing here. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about being a mean shit, with nothing better to do than make people feel bad.

To whomever sent hjartad such shitty feedback: You happy now? Good, because that's as happy as you will get. Ever. I wish I could hunt down your sorry ass and let you know how fucking angry I am right now at shitbags like you. You should be ashamed of yourself.

I want to break something. I really really want to.

To hjartad: I love your stuff. I love your stories. I meant every single word I said in comments. I will miss you dearly. You are brilliant. You are gorgeous. Don't believe those shitheads. Believe all those people who love you and love your work. A lot of us wouldn't be here if it weren't for you. I squeed everytime I read that you posted a new story. I looked forward to it. I was happy when I discovered your LJ. Please, do what you think is best for you. I wish I'd known you better. I never was brave enough to contact you. I mean, you wrote the stories I loved (and still love)! Thanks for writing. Thanks for being there. Thanks for friending me back. Thank you.

*HUGS*

I don't know whether to be angry or sad. I'll settle for sad, because whereas Kia deserves my attention, the stupid fucktard which pissed me off doesn't.

Comments

[hjartad.livejournal.com]

*lots and lots of hugs*

I have to admit that I didn't know how to respond to this when I first read it. I guess disbelief was the first thing I felt... that you could really feel this way about me. And at the time I also felt strange about causing everyone to be angry at the person.

I still don't know how to respond really... but I can't thank you enough for your honesty and for being so incredibly sweet to me. I will never forget this, believe me, whether I write again or not. *more hugs*

[kohaku1977.livejournal.com]

First: *hugs back* :D

And second: I'm glad you didn't misunderstand me. I was so angry back then. And sad. But now I'm glad that you'll stay. LJ is a fickle place, people just vanish when they want to, and mostly I just know their username and nothing else. And I just didn't want you to vanish into thin air, so I guess that's why I posted this. Normally I prefer to write happy happy fandom things, but it needed to be said. I felt much better afterwards and just hoped that my words would reach you. Which they did!

I'm glad I was this honest. :) *hugs*