HBO Fan Fiction

[Wolverfrog]

Ah, forget what I said above if it sounded cocky or ignorant; I didn't really intend it to. I'll just leave posting here, maybe read and comment of a few other fics, learn how I could improve from them, and start up a new series in the future.

I don't really want to "kill the babies", because there are some genuine readers who actually like them, who would be put out after reading near thirty parts of Insurrection to have it cancelled.

Sorry for causing trouble, I need to learn to handle criticism better I suppose.

[eb4642]

I'm not sure I agree with completely scrapping the WM award... but then again, I wouldn't, since I invented it

I say certainly cut back on its use - it's by no means compulsory to award it every week - and only award it for things that are very definitely Wang Monster class. Namely, those that are so awful or otherwise bizarre it becomes quite obvious they probably weren't meant to be taken seriously... or it becomes impossible to take it seriously.

I think we all agree that while both of Wolverfrog's pieces weren't too much cop, they weren't terrible, and certainly not WM-award worthy.

So, I propose it's kept for the weirdest of the worst in the future - not necessarily the worst of the worst, simply because the worst of the worst aren't funny or entertaining for the wrong reasons. They commit the worst crime of all: dullness.

Think of it like this: if you have a rubbish car that's so rubbish it has some character to it, that's like MC and the Wang Monster, and thus deserving of the award, because you develop an emotional attachment to it. The worst of the worst is kind of like a Nissan Sunny or Morris Marina.

I'm not saying that Wolverfrog's submissions fall into either category: however, the Wang Monster Award was never designed simply as a guage of the "worst of the week".

That said, Dave mentioned developing some guidelines for the Fic Pick, which seems like a very good idea from here. kr has said he'll work on a draft and we'll get the community to hammer around it.

Edit: Well, Wolverfrog, thanks for being reasonable in the end. One suggestion I would make is that when you start again, you do one-shots and short (i.e. 2 or 3 part series) so the plot isn't such an issue, and neither is it such an issue if you have to kill the baby.
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[Codyman]

Thanks for the great review!