I want to read fics I like, and if I see problems in them, I want those problems to be gone. Offering sincere compliments about things I truly liked about the piece does soothe my instinct to be nice. But it's also a way of getting an author in a frame of mind to accept my crit, because no matter how gently anyone points out errors and how generously they suggest ways for it to be fixed, crit's not constructive to a lot of people unless it offers one little thing that'll gratify the author's vanity, thus putting them in a frame of mind to listen, rather than see red or feel bad.
Yes. Good concrit is a calculated act of manipulation.
Just because I'm a cocky stuck-up asshole doesn't mean I'll try to force my opinion on you, or be rude to you, or call your mother a hamster.
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I want to read fics I like, and if I see problems in them, I want those problems to be gone. Offering sincere compliments about things I truly liked about the piece does soothe my instinct to be nice. But it's also a way of getting an author in a frame of mind to accept my crit, because no matter how gently anyone points out errors and how generously they suggest ways for it to be fixed, crit's not constructive to a lot of people unless it offers one little thing that'll gratify the author's vanity, thus putting them in a frame of mind to listen, rather than see red or feel bad.
Yes. Good concrit is a calculated act of manipulation.
Just because I'm a cocky stuck-up asshole doesn't mean I'll try to force my opinion on you, or be rude to you, or call your mother a hamster.
SNORT. Hamsters will never be unfunny.