wield your LJ cut powers with a mighty fervor, lest ye be castigated (and possibly castrated)

[kassidy62]

I have sinned and sinned hard. I put a link and a quote from an interview at the DC LJ about some supposition (to be fair to myself, it's pretty speculative and extremely vague) for Dante's Cove season 4 and got someone snippy to let me know just how incredibly thoughtless I am for not arming them with an lj cut. I know, I know! I am deshpicable. 

But for curiosity's sake, do you maybe get a hint when you're reading a question from an interviewer who asks someone about what might be coming up for their character? And the actor says, well, they're writing 4th season now, so without saying too much... and then gives some vague comment. At what point would you stop reading if you hadn't even seen the 3rd season yet and didn't want to know anything? Because I need to let the guy know if he can simply shoot me in the head or if I need to be drawn and quartered. I need to be fair about this.

Comments

[cynatnite.livejournal.com]

LJ cut nazis? Didn't know there was any such thing. Hmm.

Not gonna play spelling nazi here, Kass. It'd be dishpicable. hehehehe

They always think that being vague somehow endears them to the fans. ICK. Makes me want to hit them in the back of the head really hard.

So, how's life. It doesn't suck as bad as it did here. We're okay. Tell Cass I said hey. :)

[keri1006.livejournal.com]

You know what, Kass? The power of the LJ cut to intimidate is what is deshpicable (gonna steal this spelling from you more in future) in my opinion. So, if someone wants you shot, I'll be standing in front of you to take the first bullet. I think the LJ cut is hard to use, and it's hard to know (other than a story or whatever) when to use it, and that way the hell too much emphasis is placed on its importance. It's one reason why I don't play in the LJ world very much. I don't enjoy feeling like a slow learner.

Now, to more directly answer your question, yes, I think your reader with the highly evolved sense of entitlement, could have picked up an easy hint in the first sentence. Perhaps they could have even exercised some personal judgment and responsibility at that point. But, obviously, your reader needs to be spoon-fed and hand-held through life, and he feels entitled to no less--so, he had himself a little old tantrum.

You rock. He sucks.

End of my opinion.