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[hope]

i am fond of finding discussions on lj through my site referalls. here's an interesting one about the zine (including my response).

sometimes i kinda wish my peer circle was more diverse so i could get all these diverse opinions on things. but then i guess the people i disagree with wouldn't really be in my peer circle.

erm.


there was an electrical fire in the house this morning, in the roof, that turned out to be in the heating duct. so we have no heating now, until monday when someone can come and look at it.  I'M COLD.

Comments

[jubilancy.livejournal.com]

Hope won't say it because she's a better person than I am, but I will tell you what everyone reading this will have to think.

You are being extremely ungracious and juvenile.

So you weren't picked. It's possible that you're not as good as you think you are. It's also possible, as Hope has explained so politely, that she couldn't include everyone for the obvious reasons of time and money.

Get over it. Prove everyone wrong by writing a fic so good they'll have to show you acclaim. The only thing whining will bring you is a few moments of mockery.

[azrhiaz.livejournal.com]

Actually, in an attempt to, as you so charmingly put it, "get over it", I was being candid with Hope about the fact that my feelings were hurt. No one's perfect, and it did sting. I saw no point in continuing to sit on my thoughts if it was only going to lead to ill-feelings. Having discussed it with her was illuminating, and now I have a better idea of what precisely she was looking for in regards to the zine. Further, I have no resentment towards Hope. It's unfortunate that you think that the discussion (which had nothing to do with you, and was already resolved, as far as I was concerned) makes me "ungracious and juvenile", but then again, I don't care what you think.

It's possible that you're not as good as you think you are.

I'll do, thanks.

Prove everyone wrong by writing a fic so good they'll have to show you acclaim.

No one has to do anything of the sort, and acclaim is given to crap all the time. Merit and acclaim do not necessarily go hand in hand. Which is not to say that my writing has merit, only that your logic is faulty.

Thanks for your time, though.