What the fuck?!

[beck]

So I'm looking at the awards to *coughugh*Nanashi*coughugh* and why don't they make awards that kinda go with the pairing the fic is? (if its called for) Why are they using for the non-yaoi award 1xR fic (which how does it feel blkros to have that under your belt now? ^_~) an incest pic??? Out of all the non-yaoi pics out there to use and they use THAT??!! (I don't mind 3xC but I think that was a bit uncalled for to use in this case) Then they can't even spell non-yaoi right, is it me or does it say yuri?

I think it would only make sense.

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[ponderosa121.livejournal.com]

I can empathize with the misspelling 'cause lord knows I've done it before when doing vaguely repetatively things like badges, but uh, yeah, seems a little weird to choose a 3xC pic. Admittedly, it's cute, but err... If I were her, I'd ask for a replacement badge to fix both things. :/

[wardove.livejournal.com]

I noticed the best romance, got to have a cutesy little 1x2 moment, while the best tragedy got to feature 1xR. Coincidence? Eh, maybe.

I think Rose should ask for another badge. I mean when compared to the other badges, it really doesn't look like much effort was put into the non-yaoi badge.

In fact when I looked back at the other non-yaoi badges from previous years, none were remotely romantic and all seemed quite plain, except for the 3xR badge, it was at least in color.

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

On the one hand, the category isn't specifically for romantic fics, so I can see why the couple on the banner wouldn't necessarily have to be a romantic one. On the other hand, the winning fic was romantic, so shouldn't the award reflect the nature of the fic? It just seems sort of...shoddy. But then, it's such a biased contest. Regardless, blkros deserves accolades and it's about fickin' time she won! Rock on, Rose. You prove wrong everyone who declares 1xR boring and unromantic.

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[wardove.livejournal.com]

yea, you are right about the category, not being necessarily romantic, so I yea, I guess that's not really a point.

I think the banners should reflect the story or at least look like effort has been put into each one. I think what it might be, is that the banner makers don't want to look through non yaoi art so they just go to one or two sites, pick out a nono-yaoi pic they can stomach and then use it.

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[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

Oh, I agree. I think the banner makers ought to at least read the winning fics and put more effort into the banners. The writers deserve as much. (But then, where are you going to find a 3x11 picture? That was the pairing in my winning fic, a couple of years ago.)

Heh. I don't even like the term non-yaoi used to describe het. Non- makes me think something is missing or lacking. I mean, is a woman a non-man?

-Thistlerose <--putting the soapbox away before anyone gets hurt

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[wardove.livejournal.com]

I actually agree with the non part. I mean, I never thought of it that way.

I prefer to use het myself and it seems to have caught on and is being used more now than non-yaoi which is good I think, because it does make much more sense and plus it just sounds better too.

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[blkros.livejournal.com]

Ack! Well, thank you so very very much. It really means a lot coming from you. :)

And I dunno about asking for another badge.... I'm not exactly Katsu's favorite person, I don't think. We got into a "discussion" about some of the differences in scoring of the same fic in different categories a few years ago. I did send her the program from Anime Fest with her Trigun fic in it, though, so maybe she doesn't completely hate me.

I'll go check out the badge, now. Though, I don't guess my hopes are too high. :/

*hugs*

Love,
Rose

[blkros.livejournal.com]

Hell, I didn't even know I'd won *obliterates any ungracious comments*. I thought they'd email or something....

I'll have to go view my button. Thanks for the info. Otherwise, I'd probably never had known....

And what did you expect, honestly? I think it's the first time a 1xR fic has even won in the NON-YAOI category. Look at the past winners.

Love,
Rose

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[blkros.livejournal.com]

Well, I think it does say Non-yuri. And that being the case, I will ask them to fix that.

I can say that I think the worst button is the yuri button. That one, to me, seems like the one that had the least effort, so I don't feel like non-yaoi was singled out particularly. I just don't understand why I couldn't have a 1xR button. It makes no sense to me to 'advertise' my 1xR fic with a 3xC button on a website, but maybe that's just me.

And that quote next to the award button actually sounds good! They picked something good. I read it and went, hey! Wow. I actually wrote that.

*thud*

Blind pigs and acorns, right?

*sigh* Non-yuri. Blahhhhhh. I'll tackle that email tomorrow.

Love,
Rose