Too long, didn't read? WHAT THE FUCK?

[themostepotente]

tl;dr

Okay -- this is just assinine.

Came across this on gmth's journal. And Gina, count me among those that had no fucking clue what the initials stood for either. *G*

Forget rude. There should be a Darwin Awards for stupid fucking fandom assholes.

Do you know how many stories I would have missed out on if I based my reading on length?

Fic is NOT a cock. Length does NOT matter.

I mean if something looks promising and you haven't the time, why wouldn't you just fucking bookmark?

If anything I'm more off-put by shorter fics, but Christ I read 'anything' that catches my eye.

Fuck, FIND me a 100,000 word Snack fic and I WILL BE ALL OVER THE MOTHERFUCKER!

So now I have to ask...

Is length (long or short) off-putting to a reader?

--P

ETA: Okay, I'm a dumbshit. I didn't read all the way down. Apparently it applies to comments not fics. But I'm with Gina, I wouldn't be surprised if someone didn't use this for fic either.

Comments

[reposoir.livejournal.com]

Yep. I know people who are concerned about length and don't read something if it is too long/too short. Frustrating because I write long fics (sometimes very long) so if someone comes along and says "Oh, I didn't read your piece because it was so long, but I'm sure it's good"- what do I make of that? That I'm not readable because I write long fics? It's frustrating, but it happens. Like you stated, it should be less about length and more about girth and depth and quality rather than quantity.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Quality over quantity always :-)