Carpenters and Fic Writers

Thursday, August 23, 2007

If carpenters would go about building houses the way fanfic writers went about writing their fics, you'd have to live in a house with a door, a wall or two and half a flooring set. Every now and then the carpenter will come in, place a tile or two and wordlessly leave and you're supposed to praise him for it - otherwise he'd probably disappear or worse, start building another house while completely forgetting about your own, unfinished house. Meanwhile you'd be sitting in that house, with all the hopes that the carpenter would someday return and finish the house.

Now, if carpenters would go about building houses the way lemon fanfic writers went about writing their fics, it'd probably be the same, except you'd have to pay for a ridiculous amount more due to excessive usage of nails, screws - and you'd have to put up with the incessant banging that will occur throughout the time of the house's construction. The only advantage you'd probably get is you'll have better sleep during hot nights because it's got a lot of one thing an ordinary house normally doesn't have - fanservice.

If carpenters would go about building houses the way internet poets went about doing poetry, all houses would take less than thirty minutes to make and they'd all be complete. Downside? The door would be placed on the roof, the floor would be made of glass, and some rooms wouldn't have an entrance. Occasionally other carpenters will pass by and marvel at your abode without ever entering it. After reality sets in, you take a seat on a six legged chair in front of a spherical table and realize - none of it makes any f*cking sense at all.

Finally if plagiarizers where to be emulated, we'd have houses done in less than thirty minutes, complete with full amenities and at dirt-cheap prices. And it's all good. One day though, you'll come home wanting to use the toilet and you'd see another guy using it - holding a deed of sale for the house you never owned.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Interesting analogy! Maybe that's one good reason why I quit writing fan fiction a long time...

 

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