Speaking of awards
Sep. 24th, 2019 06:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
enemyofperfectThe fact that the Hugo people have gotten snitty enough to try and stop a bunch of fans from calling themselves partial Hugo winners is completely hilarious, if also vaguely offensive.
Up until I saw that they'd waded in, I was enjoying the high spirits but also, in a tiny corner of my sometimes overly literal mind, thinking that we hadn't technically all won Hugos, and can you really say things that aren't technically true? Like, is that allowed?
But oh my gosh, there was no reason for Worldcon to rain on people's parade like that. It was just a lot of community pride and enjoyable silliness, and I don't think I saw a single person who thought having contributed to the Hugo Award-winning AO3 was the same as winning a Hugo for an individual work of their creation.
So now I'm just like -- heck yeah! I have won perhaps half of a millionth part of a Hugo! And so have many of you!
And I just think that's really great.
Up until I saw that they'd waded in, I was enjoying the high spirits but also, in a tiny corner of my sometimes overly literal mind, thinking that we hadn't technically all won Hugos, and can you really say things that aren't technically true? Like, is that allowed?
But oh my gosh, there was no reason for Worldcon to rain on people's parade like that. It was just a lot of community pride and enjoyable silliness, and I don't think I saw a single person who thought having contributed to the Hugo Award-winning AO3 was the same as winning a Hugo for an individual work of their creation.
So now I'm just like -- heck yeah! I have won perhaps half of a millionth part of a Hugo! And so have many of you!
And I just think that's really great.
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Date: 2019-12-22 11:39 pm (UTC)"better"
yes, the post date on that is like three months after the date on this post
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Honk (0 words) by vass
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Untitled Goose Game (Video Game), Fandom - Fandom, Hugo Award - Fandom
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Goose (Untitled Goose Game), World Science Fiction Society Mark Protection Committee
Additional Tags: They're The Groundskeeper, collectively, It Is A Lovely Day In Fandom, And You Are Not A Hugo Winner, Let Me Try That Again, It Is A Lovely Day At Worldcon, And We Are All Horrible Fans, Who WON A HUGO, No Natural Persons Were Harmed In This Fanwork, Fanart, image description included, It's In The Alt Text, Hugo Awards
Summary:
Make the Groundskeeper just fucking say they have nothing but contempt for AO3 members.no subject
Date: 2019-12-23 01:19 am (UTC)At least we've gotten some awesome fanworks out of it, that artwork most definitely included.
*(I feel like I should add a disclaimer that I am not actually a part of any committee pertaining to the Hugo Awards, and that this comment is intended humorously. But while I have your attention, Hugo folks, thank you so much for that award you awarded to my fanfic and that of so many of my friends!)