*holds up hands*..."'Scuse me!"

[dannysgirlsg1]

Oye...


You know what just... aggravates the fuck outta me?? When someone goes and assumes that I know nothing about a fandom I'm completely immersed in and tries to tell me off - correct something that DOESN'T NEED correcting!


So we all would consider it safe to say that I know my Stargate (at LEAST, SG-1 wise), right? I'm pretty up on things pertaining to it (like I've been telling dvshipper  concerning another fandom, I have my sources) - hell, some of you even come to me when you can't remember specific episodes or characters or quotes. Sure, I don't remember EVERY MINUTE DETAIL... Things get shuffled out to make room for incoming other fandoms and more recent Stargate stuff. But when it comes to the important things, I remember - ESPECIALLY concerning Daniel.


Well, I wrote a fic (*gasp* surely I jest!) for stargatefest ... posted it yesterday there, on daniel_vala , and on ff.net. For those you who DON'T know about it, it was a prompt that dealt with a Mummy crossover focused around Daniel and the fact that Egypt was in his blood. A fun concept that I couldn't pass up - I've been itching to do a good Mummy/SG-1 crossover, just hadn't found the right way to do it. This gave me that opportunity...


Of course, it was still hard for me to do - the only way I could make it easier on myself to write was having it be DV because I am so comfortable writing them together. Even then, I had trouble writing it. I had the original idea already started and halfway finished, but something kept nagging at me telling me something was off. So I checked, found out my logistics timeline was shaky, at best, and that I needed to do some quick thinking and change the original idea for the fic around.


I thought of a way to twist it and make it work - I went and CHECKED my facts to make sure I had it right this time, and then it all fell into place and i was able to finish it, have it beta'd, and post it before the deadline (which is today). And for the most part, people seem to be enjoying the way I've blended the two worlds. That's a comfort b/c I felt so iffy about this fic, wondering if it could all seem plausible. But I'd thought over all the possibilities, made sure all the bases both on the Mummy side and the SG-1 side were covered...


Then I get THIS comment, and now I'm frustrated/aggravated/pissed off. All this hard work put into a fic, and now someone is calling me out on something that shouldn't even BE an issue! I was concerned someone would bring up the kind of shaky timeline bit, NOT this nonsense about being wrong about Daniel's grandfather.


And I know it's just one person being obtuse and assuming something right off the bat, but it still irks me - ESPECIALLY when this person even had the nerve to provide links to the episodes summaries that she figured I knew NOTHING about. I KNOW about Gateworld - I know I can go there if I ever need to research anything for my fics, and I do. I also have several SG-1 books that serve as amazing references. And my wonderful beta, who is beyond amazing, always double checks the facts for me. If I'm wrong about something, she'll let me know.


*breathes* I just needed to rant about this - I hate when people act dumb. I'm sure this person meant well, but just going and assuming I don't know my shit when it comes to SG-1 is insulting to me.


~Pip

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[dannysgirlsg1.livejournal.com]

Yeah, seriously - and from the looks of things, it seems this person hasn't been in the fandom too long. I'm just assuming here, so I could be wrong, but that's just the way things appear - and I, unlike her, HAVE seen all the facts straight...