Ok there are some things in the AFF community that I have found to be obnoxious and just down right ridiculous. That is KPOP elitists. Let me explain...

No matter what it is you identify with, there are always "elitists". People who find themselves to be better than everyone else and present themselves as being the authority of something, when in real life they are only narrow minded, self absorbed idiots.

Example: I come from a Punk Rock background. This is the BEST example I have to compare to KPOP elitists. In the punk rock community, people are judged by patches and studs. The patches you wear displaying your favorite bands are analyzed and judged. A kid wearing a NOFX or RANCID patch is looked at as being a poser because they are not displaying bands like Distopia or Nausea. Arguments break out among the community as to "how punk rock" you are because of the bands you display. To me it was always bull. I like who I like, and in typical, anti systematic, punk rock fashion I would tell these elitist s to go themselves. (Most punks are anarchists, meaning they do not believe in systems, i.e. systems of government, classism, or anything else that could lump people into groups and rank and control them. Weird how a group of people who believe so strongly and are so anti would be such douche bags based on a simple back patch on a sweat shirt.) These people tend to be cliquey and alienate anyone who is new or slightly outside of the realm of the standard they have set for themselves and their friends. (however at school they are alienated by the "cool" kids for not fitting into a standard set by the popular crowd and their friends..... They became what they hate. This is why I no longer identify with the Punk Rock scene....)

However, this blog is not about Punk Rock.. It's about an entirely different animal, KPOP. I love KPOP. I love the music (that's right, the chick who had sported a killer flaming pink Mohawk, torn fishnets and was anti everything, who only listened to music consisting of gritty vocals, double bass drums and shrieking guitars is ALLLLL about the cute little mass produced, prepackaged and repackaged Korean boys dancing and singing electro pop.) Both genres make up who I am, and no matter how crazy the combo, they both make me happy.

My issue is that like the punk scene, I have found elitists in the KPOP scene. There is a page I subscribed to on Facebook, who will block people for sharing their articles. Don't get me wrong, I love the page. They have a lot going on and the people who run the page are funny. However, they have an issue when someone shares their articles. Articles that they themselves have shared from Allkpop or Soompi... They have blocked people for sharing this information... when they only reposted from a source. I find that to be  a douche bag move.

On AFF however, there are people who claim to write reviews about stories, only to publicly rip the person apart for grammar or plots. A review is supposed to be strictly content based. It's the quality of the story or the idea of the story, not if the person used the wrong form of the word "there". That would be an edit, which is something that should be done through messaging, not on a blog for the world to see. I would be horrified if I asked some one to review my story and they tore apart every little mistake I made grammatically on an open forum. As fellow writers, shouldn't we be helping each other improve the total quality of the content on the site, not tearing each other apart? Who gives any person the right to be so condescending to someone when they asked for an opinion? How about instead of talking about how much the persons writing , you send them a message asking if you could edit for them. Or for people who have lots of friends and who have friends who have editing shops, you suggest a shop they take their story to for a quick edit. Now you're helping the person make your life as a reviewer easier and helping the person improve their writing, instead of sounding like a naggy, whiny little in a blog. You're not helping to solve the problem, you're only letting the problem continue. Maybe you're a person who just likes things to about. If that's the case, it's obvious nobody likes you in real life. Thus, the first reason why you should hang it up.

The second thing that I  find to be a waste of time, space, notifications and life are people who post blogs about how cliche plots are. It's cliche to post lists of things that are cliche. What confuses me is, there are people who post these lists and offer NO solution as to how to make a cliche topic not so cliche. Now I do admit, the arranged marriage thing on AFF is over played. It's very drama based and predictable for the most part. However, it is possible to take that super cliche theme or plot and make it something totally fresh. You can mix other elements and make it exciting. Maybe it's an arranged marriage between a troll and an imp. I know it sounds silly, but how many arranged troll/imp marriage stories do you see on AFF? Not many, if any. You see what I just did there? I explained how something was cliche and offered a SOLUTION to help make that plot not so cliche. By offering solutions, you're allowing the people to actually think about your opinion without having them think you're an . Now they are focusing on making their played out plot new. I guess the word of the day is PROACTIVE. I feel if you are going to about something, you need to be able to offer a solution to fix it.... again, for the people who like reasons to about things, this will be your reason number two as to why you should hang it up.

Like I have stated in my profile, I am not here to write a literary masterpiece. I am not an English major, or do I find myself to be the authority on grammar. However, I do agree with some of these elitists when they about mistakes in stories. I feel as writers on the site, we do have a responsibility to at least do a once or twice over of our content to make sure it's at least a smooth read. I don't think people should be posting things all willy-nilly without having another set of eyes looking over it, at least once. However, I also believe a few mistakes are ok, if it does not disrupt the flow of the story. We were all taught context clues in elementary school and if someone s up a few words here or there, we should be able to just deal with it and figure it out. I don't think people who don't have a second set of eyes looking at their stuff should be subjected to public postings of how their writing . If it's a story you want to read and it's poorly written, is it so hard to take the energy you would use to about it in a blog and just send the person a message saying, "Hey, you might want to look at this again before posting, I really like the concept but the mistakes are a little distracting." I find this to be the writer courtesy equivalent of telling someone their skirt is tucked into their underwear after they leave the bathroom. You know yourself, how embarrassing it would be for you to be in that situation, why leave someone else in that situation? Right, because you're an , and for the kids playing at home, number 3 as to why you should hang it up.

Lets take a moment to talk about the people who are posting these blogs ranting about what everyone else is doing on the site, yet have 6 or 7 stories they have  not completed posted. OK, so you're a good writer. You have strong opinions on things. GREAT! But you have 7 stories just sitting around with a few chapters here and there. Plus, you have a few stories that are "on hiatus". WHAT ARE YOU DOING? You have so much time and so much to say about everyone else, yet you have nothing to show for yourself.  Why do you think you have bragging rights? What makes you amazing? To talk you have to be the . You have to be able to say "you and I don't and here's why." and show what you have done. I can give 2 s if you're a good writer if you have 6 or 7 incomplete stories. What is the point of having skill if you're just going to use it all half assed. My suggestion is to shut the up and finish your . Talk after you've written and completed an amazing story. Don't want to wait? Then hang it the up!

And what is this hiatus ? I understand if something in real life happened and you can't complete the story. In life happens. I get it, but some people use it as a cop out. Maybe their story has begun to and they don't want to finish it. Instead of just saying you have to think about the plot and reedit, you put it on hiatus. Pretty lame. There are people out there putting stories on hiatus because they don't feel like writing it anymore. If that's the case, don't put it on hiatus, just announce you're a lazy who enjoys disappointing people and would much rather post blogs about other peoples stuff instead of taking responsibility for your own . Authors who are like that, I would unsubscribe in a heart beat. I look at the other stories of the authors I read. If I see 6 or 7 incomplete stories, I don't even bother and by pass. I don't care how good your idea is, if there are a lot  incomplete, you're now a waste of time, and I'll go read that completed story that you announced to everyone was so ty in your blog. It might be poorly done, but at least it has a little orange "complete" next to the title.

This may be the biggest issue I have with some of the elitists on AFF. Posting things that make you look like a bad . These people are great. They set rules for how people should approach them, yet they want to be little s and talk down to everyone. WHO ARE YOU? You're a screen name on a KPOP fan fiction site. Who are you to threaten, demand or require people to do ? You can ask people and guide them to do things using tact. Not everyone has tact. Tact is the ability to explain to someone in great detail how much of a they are without being aggressive, insulting or an . It is also used to get people to do what you want without being a Nazi. People respond better when you treat them with respect.  Saying things like "If you with me there will be hell to pay." What are you going to do? Oh no, you might waste time NOT completing your story to write a nasty blog about how much of an I am. Fun Fact: I'm not going to lose sleep over your little piss ant blog. You can go yourself while you're busy hanging it up.

These are the things I have found to be obnoxious. I give everyone a fair shot. If you disagree with any of the above issues, please leave a comment. I don't care if you're insulting, my feelings will not get hurt, trust me. I find, sometimes people can be so cruel because they hate themselves. If you're one of those people who do any of the above mentioned and you are offended, GOOD! You should be. You should also take a long hard look at yourself and list the reasons why nobody likes you and work on changing it. If not, then hang it the up. You'll be doing everyone a service.

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