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The other day,

khfanficrants demonstrated, in a nutshell, every reason why I love it.

As those who don't already know might guess, it's a comm to rant about KH fandom stuff. Specifically, it's a

fanficrants spinoff created when the KH rants started overtaking the comm, so we could take our toys and go play somewhere where we weren't stomping all over the other fandoms and getting in their space. XD

Now, with beginnings like that, you might expect we'd be exceptionally wanky. We're not. For a rant comm, we're actually very nice. ~~Our maintainer is a friendly hippie chick. Coincidence?~~

Case in point! The other day, a rant was posted that... didn't seem to have a point, and was largely just about what pairings the poster didn't like, and why, put forth in a non-constructive way.

How this might have gone down at

fanficrants:

OP: *posts*
FFR member 1: What the hell is your POINT?
FFR member 2: *insulting macro*
FFR members 3-7: *jokes about the oncoming wank*
FFR member 8: OMG, THAT'S MY FAVORITE PAIRING! Raaaaar!
FFR member 9: YOU ARE STUPID, THIS IS NOT A RANT, THIS IS JUST BASHING
FFR member 10: You fail.
Thread: *wanks for 3 pages*
OP: *hurt and shamed!*

How it went down at

khfanficrants:

OP: *posts*
Comm as a whole: Um, we're not seeing a point here, and it's just a lot of unhelpful pairing bashing. Have some helpful and calm rebuttals as we all attempt to steer you gently away from the Dark Side.
OP: Holy crap, you guys are right. I'm so sorry. I'm going to back off and quietly reconsider.
Comm as a whole: Hey, no harm done!

It gives me a cuddly feeling inside. ♥

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Why do people think it's a good idea to mention what you HATE in INTRO. posts? Seriously? I see that at other comms. too. "Hi, my name is ______. I'm __ years old and I hate __________ SO MUCH. UGH." Wonderful. Now I will associate you as the jackass that hates whatever it is you hate, which is probably something I like :P

It's just been a bad time for Kairi/Riku or something. That was the second time that week. wtf? I know we usually set off chain reactions in posts, or someone will say something that triggers something else, but damn. I'm just glad everyone settled that like respectable and intelligent members.

I don't know. I can see missing the point at a rant comm - we're all bitching about irritating fandom trends there, after all - but at other comms? That's confusing. O_o

My RiKai shippy side is sad. On the other hand, it is feeding the "must make RiKai fanstuffs" fire, so that's good. And yes, the respectful and intelligent settling was awesome. :D

Maybe it's just me, but I'd make sure to see how said rant comm works before opening my mouth on subjects like that XD. Even there there's a certain...standard we've set and King Mickey help you if you go over it.
People do it all the time; the Disney Princess comm. is coming it mind. "My name is Ashley and my favorite princess is Belle! She's so awesome! I HATE Snow White, though. She's annoying and she sucks :P Hope to see you guys around! <3" Wow, I'm impressed....not.

Isn't spite works fabulous? XD