I love life on the internet.

[valis2]

I am trying to find a fic on ffnet (yes, yes, I know, it's useless, but I have to try) and I came across a title in the HP section:

BECOME A POET!

Intrigued, I clicked on the link to the "story" and found this fascinating offer:

AUTHOR NOTE: This is not a story but a request for great poets.

So do you have a poem? Want it on the web? E-mail me your poem at and I will post your poem on the web under your name. The site it would be posted at is will be no stealing of poetry.

I wonder how many bits of the ToS it violates.

rofl! Somebody send that girl some Shakespeare.

And someone has already "reviewed", wondering if the author wants HP poetry or just poetry in general.

ETA: Another "masterpiece" on ffnet has an author's note that contains the line: I was bored. And I feel like I’m plagiarizing, ‘cause this really reminds me of something I’ve read, but I can’t for the life of me remember what.

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[agatha-s.livejournal.com]

I first read the title of your post as "I have a love life on the Internet". :)

I'm thinking about sending this girl my angsty goth poem, under a colourful pseudonym... but no, I don't think I would actually do it.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

haha!! What a great idea! Think of the great names we could put together. "Angstier-than-thou" "LovesLemmings&Frisbees" "IamaTORTURDsole"

[snapesforte.livejournal.com]

ETA: Another "masterpiece" on ffnet has an author's note that contains the line: I was bored. And I feel like I’m plagiarizing, ‘cause this really reminds me of something I’ve read, but I can’t for the life of me remember what.

How considerate of her to offer such an ambiguous confession. And gee, I really want to read her story now, because she sounds so passionate about her work.

snapesfrte has just felt her eyes do a 360 degree turn, pop out, and roll across the floor. Erm... Accio eyes!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

That always cracks me up. Every time. Here they are, presenting their work to an audience, an audience with 2319684701498 choices, and yet they don't even spend more than three seconds coming up with their summary/author's notes. Don't they want to be read?

See, they think they're being all cool, so blasé, but in fact they are only transmitting their lethargic nonchalance to us, and we just skip right over it.

Then another two chapters down the line, you get the "i will continue story if i get three reviews this chp!"

[absurdwords.livejournal.com]

They're just doing me a favour. I know where to look when I'm browsing the Pit for badfic to feed to the Sarlacc.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

*giggle* Yes, you're right, it is nice to have that qualifier...it's wonderful when they identify their stories as bad!fic...we don't have to actually investigate.

[bell-witch.livejournal.com]

::Points to icon::

And ::preens:: because I got two reviews for the story I posted yesterday to ffn, and only one of them thought that there would be more.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I'm still wondering if anyone will take her up on it.