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i have this same problem.

my acquaintance is obsessed with getting attention for their original fiction, but their stories are just... bad. what's frustrating is that you can't point out problems in their work because they're known for kicking up a shitstorm and threatening to cut contact with you forever if they sense even a hint of criticism. all they want and expect is blind praise, and may god help you if they don't get it.

and when i say their work is bad, i'm talking like... twilight-level shit, but maybe slightly less comprehensible. speaking in terms of prose, they're not the worst i've seen, but they're nothing special. in terms of content, though... their work hugely pretentious, yet at the same time unrestrained and juvenile. their basic m.o seems to be "let's cram as many stupid cliche ideas as possible into one story but play it up like it's the most profound and genius thing imaginable". they've got this story about angels/demons/vampires/aliens (yes, all of them) and they're talking about adding a government conspiracy/time travel subplot and i'm here thinking to myself, dude, chill.

...also, did i mention all the characters are furries for no reason and some of the angels/demons are in dramatic gay hate ships with each other? i bet you think i'm making shit up now. i'm not.

That does sound pretty bad, but at the same time Twilight is an inspirational story about how someone's barely cleaned up masturbation folder can become a wildly successful property, so maybe there's hope for your friend.

the sad thing is, i don't think they could handle fame even if it magically dropped in their lap like it did for stephenie meyer. i'm pretty sure that once their work became popular and people had free reign to mock/criticize/tear it apart at leisure, they'd pull an anne rice and go batshit. that's just how they are. they used to come to me freaking out about how so-and-so didn't give them glowing praise after they convinced them to read their story, and some of the things people said to them weren't even that bad. it was crit like "i couldn't follow the plot" and the like. the level of internet unadulterated douchebaggery they'd experience should their work go truly mainstream would probably send them into a complete nuclear meltdown.

they keep pushing and begging for me to read their work and tell them what i think. and what they don't know is that i've already read it. i just don't want to tell them what i think. i don't want to lie to them, but i don't want to be the next target of their immature idiocy. it's such an awkward position to be in.

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