Question for both writers and non-writers

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If you are the writer: How do you feel about people mentioning other people's fic in their comment to you, such as "I liked him since I read [fic by other writer] and in your story, [positive or negative comment]."

If you are making a comment: Do you mention works by other writers in your comment? Why, or why not?

I'll probably tell you my opinion on this, later.

Comments

[fic-faery.livejournal.com]

hahaha brillian *sticks a hypocrite sticker on forehead* well let's see.

When I review I compare two authors/stories together because... errr well it should be a sign of flattery, to be compared to something else that I liked? -__-; (God this would probably be easier if I remembered doing this...) I mean from the reviewer's perspective it's great when you find another story that you enjoy as much as some other fic/author and I guess sometimes you just want to share this excitement with the current author you're reading?

I would hope that nobody would ever have the audacity to mention someone else's fic in a comment and then go... 'but they did it better then you' after it. Cause that would suck.

*waits for you to say I actually have**laughs* This is why I need to upgrade my memory.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

'but they did it better then you'

XDDDDD No no, you haven't done that. Don't think anyone would do something like that (or so I hope)! And your comment wasn't making a comparison, anyway.

A lot of the time I think it's just like you said, wanting to share something... just like talking to a fellow fangirl, but then the entire context gets forgotten, or something like that :D;;;

[fic-faery.livejournal.com]

You know, it would be horrible, but I think it might be funny to see a comment like that. Because how many people would actually have the nerve to post it?

Yeah, after reading my comment it was a bit fangirly, but as a reviewer, I certainly still see it as a compliment, because reading your story only solidified the love of Sengoku that some other person had started for me.

But I can definitely see from a writer's pov that you might go, 'why the hell is she mentioning this fic' or 'but I don't even like that person's Sengoku' or something like that.

It certainly made me think quite early in the morning, that's for sure.