I'm sorry, but we are talking about a fandom that uses a particular definition of a term.
.... what fandom? Where? On yahoogroups? On usenet? On website forums? In letterzines? Where does this fandom exist? [citation needed]. You can't just keep saying "fandom uses this term." We're talking about a wiki. [citation needed].
"Stackhouse/Markham was a popular pairing during early seasons of Stargate Atlantis, but it is rarely written any more." Both dismissive and true. If I was the lone Stackhouse/Markham writer in the fandom, and I had just completed my megalithic, 225,000 word story of their undying love, I might get a little upset at having it so lightly dismissed. If you stopped at "Stackhouse/Markham was a popular pairing during early seasons of Stargate Atlantis, and added something like "the last S/M story 'hot date on the balcony' was posted to community MarkxStack in 2006.", that's not dismissive to me; those are both facts.
Honestly, that strikes me as profoundly irrational. If you are the sole X writer in your entire fandom and it insults you to hear someone state the fact "X is rarely written any more," you have personal issues.
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Date: 2008-11-14 07:26 am (UTC)I'm sorry, but we are talking about a fandom that uses a particular definition of a term.
.... what fandom? Where? On yahoogroups? On usenet? On website forums? In letterzines? Where does this fandom exist? [citation needed]. You can't just keep saying "fandom uses this term." We're talking about a wiki. [citation needed].
"Stackhouse/Markham was a popular pairing during early seasons of Stargate Atlantis, but it is rarely written any more."
Both dismissive and true. If I was the lone Stackhouse/Markham writer in the fandom, and I had just completed my megalithic, 225,000 word story of their undying love, I might get a little upset at having it so lightly dismissed. If you stopped at
"Stackhouse/Markham was a popular pairing during early seasons of Stargate Atlantis, and added something like "the last S/M story 'hot date on the balcony' was posted to community MarkxStack in 2006.", that's not dismissive to me; those are both facts.
Honestly, that strikes me as profoundly irrational. If you are the sole X writer in your entire fandom and it insults you to hear someone state the fact "X is rarely written any more," you have personal issues.