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[(Anonymous)]

They were super cringe-level defensive about one of their stories getting mildly criticized on FFA semi-recently, and then after reveals they were like HA a fic of my mine FINALLY god roasted on meme and I WON on Discord. It particularly struck me because they were trying to say New England horror was a stylistic point for why their horror didn’t actually strike as at all scary? Like, Poe isn’t evocative? Lovecraft? King???

I enjoy their writing a lot, but, god, do they seem exhausting as a person.

[(Anonymous)]

OP, I remember this! Despite enjoying their writing previously, I was one of the most critical people on FFA, mostly because I didn't "get" the ending and I'm completely unfamiliar with the genre, so I couldn't appreciate what they were going for. I was pretty disappointed to see their reaction on Discord because I generally really enjoy their writing (even if that particular fic didn't work for me), and my opinion of them as a person dropped fairly significantly after seeing their reaction.

[(Anonymous)]

Rest easy knowing the genre is bullshit (or their attempt at using it as an excuse was) and the ending was rushed. I might have fought it harder, but they’d recently given me a wonderful gift and I felt guilty.

[(Anonymous)]

Do you have a link or suggested ffa/discord search times? I want very much to read this discussion about "New England horror."

[(Anonymous)]

https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/389128.html?thread=2287989256#cmt2287989256

And an excerpt: That night, Sid dreamed that he was in the hallway of the house. All the doors were open and the moonlight flooded in. He reached out to a moonbeam, but it seemed that through the pale light he could see the bones of his hand instead of skin and flesh.

“Leave here. Right now,” a voice whispered in his ear. Sid woke up with a start and realized that he was standing in the middle of the hallway.

A door opened and Miles looked out. “Hey, sleepwalker. Do you need something?”

“Fuck,” Sid said aloud. “No, I don’t need anything from you.”

“Oh, fuck you too, Sid.” Miles slammed his door closed.

Honestly, what they have might work as an screenplay or something, but...

[(Anonymous)]

cyrt

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I mean, maybe it'll read better in context? But that's extremely tedious.

[(Anonymous)]

https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/389128.html?thread=2287989256#cmt2287989256

As for the Discord comments:

havisham 23/09/2019
God I can finally delight in how FFA dug into the fic I wrote for this exchange a few posts ago. It was exquisite. I was in transports because this honestly never happens to me and I always hope it will. I love people really digging into my work, even if (maybe especially if?) it doesn't work for them.
I freely acknowledge that ending horror stories is hard, y'all!!!


And then later:

havisham 10/10/2019
I was honestly so thrilled when FFA was discussing my incest ofic for relationshipping. My dream!! People really thinking about my work!!!

[(Anonymous)]

I don't really see what's wrong with that?

[(Anonymous)]

DC

I would personally rather die than say in namespace that ~people are ~thinking about ~my ~work!

[(Anonymous)]

"In transports"? The people in that thread literally couldn't figure out your plot.

So do we think this comment from the ffa thread is havisham, since it also mentions "New England horror"?
For classic New England horror, think Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe, with Shirley Jackson being a more modern writer in that vein.

Given that I really don't see Jackson as having much at all in common with Irving or Poe, I'm very dubious of this supposed genre.