'You write for EXO? That means your story is awful.'
Things I Cannot StandLately, I've noticed that a lot of people are lumping in all EXO stories as horrible and never to be read. They suggest that readers don't read those stories, and instead, switch their attention to 'better' stories, usually about a group that the person ranting enjoys.
I, however, strongly disagree.
Although it is true that there has been a huge surge in EXO fics as of late, and there are numerous stories that are not as good as others, just because a person writes stories about EXO does not make them a bad writer.
I myself write many EXO fics, and although I am certain that there are many writers who are better than myself, I am by no means a horrible writer.
I could write for other groups, but I choose not to.
Why, you may ask?
Because I like EXO.
There, I said it.
Does this immediately discredit me from the world of fanficiton?
No, it does not.
It just means that out of the 100+ groups out there, EXO is one of the groups I favor.
I could write for SHINee, or BIGBANG, or SNSD, or Super Junior, but I choose to write about EXO.
There are 'bad' writers for every fandom, not just EXO. There only appears to be so many 'bad' EXO fics because there are so many in the past year or so.
Just because most of the featured fics recently are about EXO does not mean that you should boycott EXO. God knows they have enough hate going on as it is.
(I'll go into about why those fics are featured later, though...)
There are a good number of EXO fics that are excellent, however at least 90% of those are hosted on livejournal.
(And I'll have a livejournal rant later...)
TL;DR: Just because a person writes for EXO doesn't make them bad. Give them a chance.
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