I’m crying while typing this, because I’ve been laughing so hard.
Late yesterday evening, I received an anonymous comment on one of my fics. The vast majority of the comment was… well, personal attacks and basic grumblings and whining. I’m not entertaining that, even if I rolled my eyes hard enough to give myself a headache.
No, it’s the last lines that made me burst into laughter at 10:30 at night.
The lines, in part, read: “You need to delete this repulsive fic! Live action and animation should never be written together – it’s taboo!”
(I, ah, cleaned up the language and grammar. You’re welcome for that.)
So, before I tell you what fic this was, I have to ask this lovely anonymous commenter. Did Mary Poppins hurt you? Did Who Framed Roger Rabbit? bother you that much in childhood? Seriously, I could probably find many instances where live action and animation shared the same screen and shot, but I’m just feeling to lazy to do it.
Anyway, the fic was my 9-1-1 / Sword Art Online crossover fic, “I’m Begging You (to Come Back to Us),” which was written on a whim about a year ago. It was totally written as angsty crack, with some tragedy thrown in for Buck in chapter two. It’s completely harmless.
Look, I like off the wall crossovers as long as all sets of original source material are respected. I’ve written a couple of them myself beyond this fic. It’s fun, especially when you are trying to mesh two different fandoms together in one cohesive unit… and then sometimes it actually works. Sometimes it doesn’t and that’s what makes it fun.
I’ll be totally honest that for a split second I was actually angry about the comment. I thought this would be just another example of gatekeeping the 9-1-1 fandom, demanding that only certain types of fics be posted and only featuring certain characters. But alas, it’s just the ravings of someone who doesn’t know how to hit the back button or read the tags.
I’m not going to publish the review simply because of the personal insults. But it had to live on in some form. I figured someone might get some enjoyment out of it too.
Until next time!
