Once more the wave of kerfluffle hits Buffy-verse fanfic.

I swear to God, it's become the annual right of spring. The same suspects are even involved.

And it's caused the same thing: the fundamental disconnect between people who hold two distinct theories of fanfiction.

There are issues over proper writing mechanics, themes, characterizations, subject matter, inaccurate and inappropriate appropriation of various cultures, and all of that. But every one of those issues still comes down to the same thing: the Disconnect (here now rendered with a capital "D") between two distinct theories of fanfiction.

On the one hand, you have people who look at fanfiction as a way to constantly challenge themselves and improve their writing.

On the other, you have people who look a fanfiction as a fun hobby and are less worried about the mechanics of it.

I suspect a few people will unfriend me over what follows beneath the cut. Fair enough. It's your right.

But this is my LJ. I pay for this space. I'll bitch if I want to.

( About your story and the fall-out... )

Well, that was a lot of .02. Sorry to take up people's time with a tl;dr post.