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ETA: People are always free to IM me and debate about the archiving issue; I'm aware it seemed rather abrupt and sharp on my part, so, yeah. [wry] On the one hand, it's me wanting to justify myself even more; on the other, it's to show that I'm not afraid of my choice, and I am willing to discuss with people about it. You can catch me on AIM as merryswallow, though because of my moving schedule, you may not get me consistently till Saturday night. XD; Errr.
My finals are over, and ye great gods and little fishes, it feels good. _o_ Of course, almost as immediately as I was done, I was whisked off to dinner, bubble tea, and a mini-FMA marathon--and now I have to be PACKED by ten tomorrow morning holy hell. I am chicken with head cut off, yes I AM.
I think they actually went well--there were the requisite "Oh my god, did we even go OVER this stuff?!" moments on the Bio test, but I think I pulled off at least the minimum grade I needed in Ochem to get the minimum 3.5 I wanted. [grins] Ideally, I could've made a 100% and gotten the full 4.0, but I'm not gonna worry about that until, uh--tomorrow, when the grades are finished and posted. >_>
And, so, yeah, about the mini-wank today, over the archiving ... honestly, it makes me a little ill to be directly involved with wank, especially over something that was, I feel, entirely well-meant on both sides. _o_ Suffice to say, I will not be hosted on the Scimitar Smile archive any more; there's been some disagreement with the archivist over hosting policies, and while I do wish her the best of luck in everything in the future, my own stand on the matter pushed me up to it. [wry]
Let me preface this next bit with saying that I DO, in fact, have a lot of respect and admiration for Sol for undertaking this, as well as building up such a reputable archive in such a short amount of time. She's put a damn lot of work into this, and does deserve to be lauded for it.
The simple fact of the matter is I, at least, had no idea that the archive would have an "all or nothing" policy--and that could very likely and well be MY fault, since my memory's not really the greatest thing in the world. [wry] But I do recall being rather surprised when she started archiving more than the original fics she'd mailed me about; maybe it was silly, but I was just struck by a moment of "huh, wasn't expecting that."
With that in mind, I feel partly responsible for the whole thing, since it's one of the projects I was working on that caused this mini-kerfluffle. [wry] The simple fact of the matter is that the genderswitch AU has been wanked before, and that does admittedly still smart to a degree--and I'm honestly not comfortable with having it around anywhere except where I can, to be proverbial, "keep an eye on it." That's the one major freedom online publishing seems to have over paper publishing, at least for the most part--when an author gets a book published, and it gets mass-marketed, he or she doesn't say "well, don't send my books to Texas, they won't appreciate it there." It'll happen anyway, depending on the popularity of book and author. Whether or not the author pleases, it will likely still happen.
Online, however, we can say "I don't want this archived here" and it works out fine. There's still cases of plagirism and uncredited work--but for the most part, when you write something online, fanfiction or original, you can pick the places it will ultimately end up; in some cases, I think that allows someone to write something more personal than usual, or work on projects they wouldn't be so comfortable with, otherwise.
Even if you can't decide who will see your work without saying anything, it's still nice to be able to do immediate edits/changes. [wry] Sol's done a tremendous job, and the archive runs extraordinarly smoothly--it's amazing what she's done with it, as a single person. For personal reasons--i.e., the fact that the AU idea is one near and dear to my heart, and one I've been wanting to write for a long time, but would rather not have on a giant archive where EVERYONE goes--that's why I didn't want the genderswitch!AU archived.
Sol, however, is going for "all or none," and that's definitely her perogative and choice, since it is her archive. It's not her fault I'm uncomfortable with something, and as I'd rather not cause a sticky issue with WIPs and what IS and what IS NOT archived; I feel in the end it works out better this way for both of us. She can build up her archive quite well without little old me. [wry]
For that matter, I'd still point out Scimitar Smile as a place for newbies to fandom looking for fic to go; it's the largest and best-kept and most frequently-updated archive for Fullmetal Alchemist. I don't bear her any ill will or annoyance for this, and there's no need, in my mind, to be nasty over what was, in the end, simply a disagreement of opinion over policies.
Sol, if you're reading this--as I said before, best of luck in everything you work on in the future. I'm sorry about the mess it seems to have caused, but I do congratulate you and admire you for keeping up with so much of fandom output thus far. Thank you for archiving me as long as you did; I'm glad that I was up to your standards. :)
(... in the end, I don't think I'm cut out to be big and flashy anyway. I'm a small person, and I like my small quiet corner. [wry] I write, I edit, I post, I edit some more--and hopefully some people will read it, like it, and let me know. In fandom, it's just as much as interacting with people as it is having my name "out there"--in many ways, it's so much more.)
Meh. I honestly feel bad the whole thing's ballooned as it has, and would rather move on with life--because OMGWTFPACKING and it's already twelve-thirty, so. XD; I guess I'm off~ see y'all when I see you~
My finals are over, and ye great gods and little fishes, it feels good. _o_ Of course, almost as immediately as I was done, I was whisked off to dinner, bubble tea, and a mini-FMA marathon--and now I have to be PACKED by ten tomorrow morning holy hell. I am chicken with head cut off, yes I AM.
I think they actually went well--there were the requisite "Oh my god, did we even go OVER this stuff?!" moments on the Bio test, but I think I pulled off at least the minimum grade I needed in Ochem to get the minimum 3.5 I wanted. [grins] Ideally, I could've made a 100% and gotten the full 4.0, but I'm not gonna worry about that until, uh--tomorrow, when the grades are finished and posted. >_>
And, so, yeah, about the mini-wank today, over the archiving ... honestly, it makes me a little ill to be directly involved with wank, especially over something that was, I feel, entirely well-meant on both sides. _o_ Suffice to say, I will not be hosted on the Scimitar Smile archive any more; there's been some disagreement with the archivist over hosting policies, and while I do wish her the best of luck in everything in the future, my own stand on the matter pushed me up to it. [wry]
Let me preface this next bit with saying that I DO, in fact, have a lot of respect and admiration for Sol for undertaking this, as well as building up such a reputable archive in such a short amount of time. She's put a damn lot of work into this, and does deserve to be lauded for it.
The simple fact of the matter is I, at least, had no idea that the archive would have an "all or nothing" policy--and that could very likely and well be MY fault, since my memory's not really the greatest thing in the world. [wry] But I do recall being rather surprised when she started archiving more than the original fics she'd mailed me about; maybe it was silly, but I was just struck by a moment of "huh, wasn't expecting that."
With that in mind, I feel partly responsible for the whole thing, since it's one of the projects I was working on that caused this mini-kerfluffle. [wry] The simple fact of the matter is that the genderswitch AU has been wanked before, and that does admittedly still smart to a degree--and I'm honestly not comfortable with having it around anywhere except where I can, to be proverbial, "keep an eye on it." That's the one major freedom online publishing seems to have over paper publishing, at least for the most part--when an author gets a book published, and it gets mass-marketed, he or she doesn't say "well, don't send my books to Texas, they won't appreciate it there." It'll happen anyway, depending on the popularity of book and author. Whether or not the author pleases, it will likely still happen.
Online, however, we can say "I don't want this archived here" and it works out fine. There's still cases of plagirism and uncredited work--but for the most part, when you write something online, fanfiction or original, you can pick the places it will ultimately end up; in some cases, I think that allows someone to write something more personal than usual, or work on projects they wouldn't be so comfortable with, otherwise.
Even if you can't decide who will see your work without saying anything, it's still nice to be able to do immediate edits/changes. [wry] Sol's done a tremendous job, and the archive runs extraordinarly smoothly--it's amazing what she's done with it, as a single person. For personal reasons--i.e., the fact that the AU idea is one near and dear to my heart, and one I've been wanting to write for a long time, but would rather not have on a giant archive where EVERYONE goes--that's why I didn't want the genderswitch!AU archived.
Sol, however, is going for "all or none," and that's definitely her perogative and choice, since it is her archive. It's not her fault I'm uncomfortable with something, and as I'd rather not cause a sticky issue with WIPs and what IS and what IS NOT archived; I feel in the end it works out better this way for both of us. She can build up her archive quite well without little old me. [wry]
For that matter, I'd still point out Scimitar Smile as a place for newbies to fandom looking for fic to go; it's the largest and best-kept and most frequently-updated archive for Fullmetal Alchemist. I don't bear her any ill will or annoyance for this, and there's no need, in my mind, to be nasty over what was, in the end, simply a disagreement of opinion over policies.
Sol, if you're reading this--as I said before, best of luck in everything you work on in the future. I'm sorry about the mess it seems to have caused, but I do congratulate you and admire you for keeping up with so much of fandom output thus far. Thank you for archiving me as long as you did; I'm glad that I was up to your standards. :)
(... in the end, I don't think I'm cut out to be big and flashy anyway. I'm a small person, and I like my small quiet corner. [wry] I write, I edit, I post, I edit some more--and hopefully some people will read it, like it, and let me know. In fandom, it's just as much as interacting with people as it is having my name "out there"--in many ways, it's so much more.)
Meh. I honestly feel bad the whole thing's ballooned as it has, and would rather move on with life--because OMGWTFPACKING and it's already twelve-thirty, so. XD; I guess I'm off~ see y'all when I see you~
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