I do SGA recs as well as recs in dozens of other fandoms (here (http://trickster.org/arduinna/recs)). I can't begin to keep up with everything posted; I have limited time and wide-ranging tastes, both in shows and in types of fiction. I do the best I can, reading what comes my way and noting which things appeal to me particularly.
My recs page has nothing to do with what anyone else in fandom thinks. I don't care if the stories have been recced before, or how often, or by whom; I just wanted to make a nice big list of stories that I knew I'd be happy to re-read, and that I thought people who share my tastes to some degree would also enjoy. It's not about popularity, it's about my own personal taste in fanfiction.
I'm reccing across as wide a spectrum as I can. I don't know 80% of the authors whose work I rec (I don't just mean personally, I mean "wow, I've never heard of this person before, yay! new good author to read!"), and I look for anything from crack to coulda-been-an-ep, porn to pure gen, fluff to dripping with angst. If that range isn't good enough for you, there's nothing else I can do about it.
I usually lose all patience at people who say "if you don't like the [story] [vid] [fanart], do it yourself, don't bitch about how other people are doing an inadequate job". Crit is its own contribution to fandom, separate from the things that get critted, and I'm all for it. If you want to crit my work, I'm totally willing to hear it.
This is one case, though, where I have to say: if you think people's stories are being ignored, rec them yourself. This isn't like writing fiction, or making vids, or drawing art or making icons. Anyone can rec stories. All you have to do is say "Hey, I really liked this, and I think you will, too! Here's a link." and you're done. You can go into more detail if you want to, but -- that's it. That's a rec. If you have an opinion and a keyboard and a place to state said opinion, you're a reccer in the rough. Post the opinion, and you're a reccer. It really is just that simple.
So get out there and point people at the stories that you think they should read, instead of moaning about how the stories you like best don't get any attention. Give them the attention they deserve. Spread the word, share the joy -- deepen the pool of recommended stories to appeal to readers along a wider spectrum. There's nothing but good there, if you do that. Just don't expect other people to it for you; they're busy sharing their own joy.
Who knows; maybe someone will read a story you rec, and go "wow!", and rec it themselves, to other people who go "wow!", and rec it themselves, to other people who go "wow!"... and then you'll have recced one of the popular stories that gets all the attention.
a comparison of fandom's social norms and mores to the norms and mores of professional published fiction.
I have no idea what this means. "Fandom" is a subculture, a societal structure. "Professionally published fiction" is a physical body of work. This isn't even apples and oranges; at least with those, you can say "they're both fruits".
I also don't understand how or why you're making this about "norms and mores". Sometimes opinions overlap, and a particular story gets widely recced, or doesn't get recced at all. Sometimes they don't, and a story gets recced in one place alone. So what? That has absolutely nothing to do with the moral fiber of SGA fandom in particular, or the moral fiber of fandom as a whole, or on what "the group" thinks is appropriate behavior. It's just opinion and taste.
If your tastes are different, say so. Let people know what great stories they're missing. Give us examples. I guarantee you there will be someone out there with tastes like yours, who'll be delighted to be pointed at a story she didn't know about before.
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Date: 2006-03-20 01:22 am (UTC)I do SGA recs as well as recs in dozens of other fandoms (here (http://trickster.org/arduinna/recs)). I can't begin to keep up with everything posted; I have limited time and wide-ranging tastes, both in shows and in types of fiction. I do the best I can, reading what comes my way and noting which things appeal to me particularly.
My recs page has nothing to do with what anyone else in fandom thinks. I don't care if the stories have been recced before, or how often, or by whom; I just wanted to make a nice big list of stories that I knew I'd be happy to re-read, and that I thought people who share my tastes to some degree would also enjoy. It's not about popularity, it's about my own personal taste in fanfiction.
I'm reccing across as wide a spectrum as I can. I don't know 80% of the authors whose work I rec (I don't just mean personally, I mean "wow, I've never heard of this person before, yay! new good author to read!"), and I look for anything from crack to coulda-been-an-ep, porn to pure gen, fluff to dripping with angst. If that range isn't good enough for you, there's nothing else I can do about it.
I usually lose all patience at people who say "if you don't like the [story] [vid] [fanart], do it yourself, don't bitch about how other people are doing an inadequate job". Crit is its own contribution to fandom, separate from the things that get critted, and I'm all for it. If you want to crit my work, I'm totally willing to hear it.
This is one case, though, where I have to say: if you think people's stories are being ignored, rec them yourself. This isn't like writing fiction, or making vids, or drawing art or making icons. Anyone can rec stories. All you have to do is say "Hey, I really liked this, and I think you will, too! Here's a link." and you're done. You can go into more detail if you want to, but -- that's it. That's a rec. If you have an opinion and a keyboard and a place to state said opinion, you're a reccer in the rough. Post the opinion, and you're a reccer. It really is just that simple.
So get out there and point people at the stories that you think they should read, instead of moaning about how the stories you like best don't get any attention. Give them the attention they deserve. Spread the word, share the joy -- deepen the pool of recommended stories to appeal to readers along a wider spectrum. There's nothing but good there, if you do that. Just don't expect other people to it for you; they're busy sharing their own joy.
Who knows; maybe someone will read a story you rec, and go "wow!", and rec it themselves, to other people who go "wow!", and rec it themselves, to other people who go "wow!"... and then you'll have recced one of the popular stories that gets all the attention.
a comparison of fandom's social norms and mores to the norms and mores of professional published fiction.
I have no idea what this means. "Fandom" is a subculture, a societal structure. "Professionally published fiction" is a physical body of work. This isn't even apples and oranges; at least with those, you can say "they're both fruits".
I also don't understand how or why you're making this about "norms and mores". Sometimes opinions overlap, and a particular story gets widely recced, or doesn't get recced at all. Sometimes they don't, and a story gets recced in one place alone. So what? That has absolutely nothing to do with the moral fiber of SGA fandom in particular, or the moral fiber of fandom as a whole, or on what "the group" thinks is appropriate behavior. It's just opinion and taste.
If your tastes are different, say so. Let people know what great stories they're missing. Give us examples. I guarantee you there will be someone out there with tastes like yours, who'll be delighted to be pointed at a story she didn't know about before.