This exactly! This whole post! There are tons of Earth terms alongside the tons of unique Star Wars stuff, and people who haven't been able to absorb the huge amounts of lore from decades of disparate sources shouldn't be... dogpiled on like this. They shouldn't even have to sustain one rude comment or snotty holier-than-thou correction.
Ugh. I love the prompts and fills in this kinkmeme, but this sense of entitlement people have is bizarre. Fic is written for free, people, out of love!
Plus, just to add an extra layer of irony to this whole mess, I looked at that wiki link from somewhere upthread (and some of its subpages), and not only am I seeing blatant Earth terms like churro, crab, lobster, wheat, and cabbage, I happened across this:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Potato
Lmao. Did... did no one who's been crying foul over the potatoes even bother to look on the wiki?
(Also this, which almost makes this whole fiasco worth it XD: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Tater )
That was me. I decided to look at the wiki to see what terms they used and see if the people calling foul had a point. The wiki clearly shows that they do use Earth-terms, tons actually. Any author would be within their right to read that and come to the conclusion similar terms wouldn't be so outlandish to include. To tell an author they don't care about the source material and anyone who does won't want to read their stories is just being rude to be rude.
Maybe I'm a white knight like the previous author said, but as someone who has enjoyed fanfiction for years, I don't like when people feel like it is their place to tell someone else what they can or can't write or that they are lesser of a fan for it.
We are all fans here and we also have our own unique ways to go about it. No one should be looked down by their fellow fans because of it.
I'm off though, this is a small thing and I have no desire to start a fight over it. I just felt people were being unfair to the author and couldn't keep quiet about it anymore because I could see people been discouraged to write with this mentality going around and that would suck.
Tater Tots is a brand name. Unless Ore-Ida started manufacturing them long, long ago in a galaxy far far away, where neither Oregon or Idaho exist, then no one in that universe would even think the term.
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Re: TFA fics versus other fandom fics
(Anonymous) 2016-02-02 10:12 am (UTC)(link)Ugh. I love the prompts and fills in this kinkmeme, but this sense of entitlement people have is bizarre. Fic is written for free, people, out of love!
Plus, just to add an extra layer of irony to this whole mess, I looked at that wiki link from somewhere upthread (and some of its subpages), and not only am I seeing blatant Earth terms like churro, crab, lobster, wheat, and cabbage, I happened across this:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Potato
Lmao. Did... did no one who's been crying foul over the potatoes even bother to look on the wiki?
(Also this, which almost makes this whole fiasco worth it XD: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Tater )
Re: TFA fics versus other fandom fics
(Anonymous) 2016-02-02 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)Maybe I'm a white knight like the previous author said, but as someone who has enjoyed fanfiction for years, I don't like when people feel like it is their place to tell someone else what they can or can't write or that they are lesser of a fan for it.
We are all fans here and we also have our own unique ways to go about it. No one should be looked down by their fellow fans because of it.
I'm off though, this is a small thing and I have no desire to start a fight over it. I just felt people were being unfair to the author and couldn't keep quiet about it anymore because I could see people been discouraged to write with this mentality going around and that would suck.
Re: TFA fics versus other fandom fics
(Anonymous) 2016-02-03 03:16 am (UTC)(link)