Alright, since I've recovered my internet connection, I think I finally managed to catch up to most of what I missed these last few months. Now I can finally maintain the C2.
I read through a few of the complaints and removed some of the offending fics. Some of them are still here, simply because I don't think the protest was strong enough. Well, except for one.
Prepare for a long winded spiel that will attempt to justify my despotism.
You're dreaming if you think I'm going to remove Bob Lobster's Hell Hath no Fury. You might as well forget about it right now, because it's not going to happen. I'm aware that you might not like it. You have the option of demanding an explanation as to how it can possibly be enjoyable to read. Unfortunately, in the end, you'll have to deal, because it's not going anywhere. Now, it may not seem terribly fair, and you just might be right.
Now, I could point out that a few other members have vouched for this fic, but that really isn't the reason I'm opposing this. In other words, I wouldn't have removed it even if no one had said anything.
I don't really care about all these other fics because I don't really like them and I never bothered to read them, but I recognize that my standards are obscenely high and that it would be unfair to everyone if I judged all candidates according to them.
That's why I allow fics I don't personally like into the C2, because it would be unreasonable to not do so. There are currently 673 fics in the C2 267 of which are under my name and some of them I added because other people posted them, here or somewhere else. I'd say that about 180 of them are here because I actually liked them and keep in mind that I've read a lot of fics in a lot of fandoms since I started about 11 years ago.
Now, keeping in mind that my tastes are hard to satisfy, also realize that, if I enjoy a fic, chances are that it is a good one for one reason or another. Hell hath no fury is the 57th fic added to the C2. I liked it a whole lot. I'm not saying that my judgment is absolute, but I am saying that my judgment is qualified.
All I ask, before you submit a fanfic for removal, is that you consider a few things.
First and foremost, what is wrong with the fanfic? And second, are those errors truly grounds for dismissal? As in, will 50% or more of TFF's members not like it because of those reasons?
If you cannot adequately answer those questions about a fic, then you probably shouldn't ask me to remove it, because I probably won't do it. Well, unless I haven't read it or didn't like it, in which case I'll probably try to read it, get annoyed after a paragraph or two, and chuck it the hell out.
In any case, the case against Hell Hath no Fury has ended. The verdict? Not Guilty.
And Lobster? If you're listening (and alive)...
It's been six years. Don't you think it's time to write some more? I sure do.
