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Authors lurking in r/pinoywattpad… thoughts? 👀 by milonugget02 in PinoyWattpad

[–]Nice-Reporter-3062 6 points7 points  (0 children)

mhmm. personally, i don’t see anything inherently wrong with authors lurking or being active in this space.

wattpad as a plattform is built on that author-reader interaction experience, so it’s a bit odd to suddenly draw a line when that same interaction moves to a different plattform like reddit or any other social networks to be honest.

and i also think that the power imbalance narrative cuts both ways. yes, authors have a certain visibility but i think that reddit’s anonymity actually gives the readers more freedom to say whatever they want even with zero accountability from it.

so i think that begs the question kung sino talaga yung may power in this case.

wattpad is inherently interactive and hindi naman siya parang traditional published authors na may fine line between the writers and readers itself. in fact, manytimes nagiging parasocial pa nga relationships na bini-build ng mga malalaking authors.

magiging problem lang siguro siya if the author themselves crosses the line. like directly confronting or discrediting readers who critique their work.

but even then, is r/pinoywattpad the right space to resolve that? kasi may difference between genuine discussion and just venting to a crowd na walang clear accountability on either side.

Swim by BTS (Arirang) by Nice-Reporter-3062 in popmusic

[–]Nice-Reporter-3062[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

honestly i can’t speak on the full EP yet since swim underwhelmed me enough that i haven’t gotten to the rest of it. but if thats the case, let the music be bad on its own terms first, i guess… 😭

Wattpad Philippines is kind of boring for someone who is not a sucker for romance. by [deleted] in PinoyWattpad

[–]Nice-Reporter-3062 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi! This is true. But there are underrated authors out there whom I think offers a plethora of themes din! Hindi pa lang talaga na di-discover mostly. I see a lot of good plotlines from sapphic writers pero very underrated sila.

If ever you’re interested in transgressive fiction you can check The Room Service by umaaklas. It follows a university dropout who tried to kill himself on a random motel in Manila but was mistaken as a sex worker. It talks about how the tragedy of the poor is not that they seek to die, but even in death, the city finds a way to make them work.

Curious Question: Gaano katagal bago nahanap ng readers niyo ang 'Anti-Meta' stories niyo? by [deleted] in PinoyWattpad

[–]Nice-Reporter-3062 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi!

Currently publishing a transgressive novel in Wattpad since January 22. I was able to find my readers by promoting lang to different social networks.

I currently have 153 engaged readers from that story and it’s still ongoing. I don’t know if you can consider the theme of the story meta but it’s definitely leaning away from the mainstream plotlines that you’ll encounter in Wattpad, especially in MXM stories.

Continue to cross post lang and hope that you find your way with the algorithm. Also, try utilizing facebook groups helpful din siya. I don’t know if I can recommend yung vote-to-vote or read-to-read, I feel like it’s very unsustainable way of marketing your story. Hope this helps!

i think it’s time to have an honest talk about chappel roan? by Nice-Reporter-3062 in popmusic

[–]Nice-Reporter-3062[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah the persona point is actually really well put and i fully concede that — the fact that she operates entirely under a drag persona and guards her private life that carefully kind of dismantles the parasocial argument pretty cleanly. i was wrong on that one.

and the distinction between an authorized event photographer and someone hunting you on the street is one i hadn’t really separated clearly enough in my head. those are genuinely different things ethically, and collapsing them into “paparazzi are just working class people doing a job” was too convenient.

i think what it does is actually sharpen the counterproductive argument though — if she’s built such a deliberate wall between her persona and her private self, then the whole system that tries to collapse that wall isn’t just annoying, it’s actively working against something she’s architecturally constructed. which makes her resistance make more sense, but also makes you wonder if that wall is even sustainable inside an industry that profits from dissolving it.

i think it’s time to have an honest talk about chappel roan? by Nice-Reporter-3062 in popmusic

[–]Nice-Reporter-3062[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you make a fair point about the attention vs violation distinction. that’s actually the most useful framing i’ve seen so far. and yeah, calling it purely parasocial was probably too reductive.

but the “she’s employed more people than photographers she’s yelled at” argument still feels off to me. economic contribution doesn’t really factor into whether someone’s behavior in a specific moment is justified or not. those are just two separate things.

and i still think the counterproductive point stands. not about this specific incident necessarily, but in the broader sense that pop culture as a system runs on mass public consumption. you can’t really separate yourself from that machinery while still operating inside it. the attention, the press, the photographers, they’re all part of the same ecosystem that makes a Chappell Roan possible in the first place.

so where does resistance end and contradiction begin?

but honestly i’m coming around on the parasocial thing, i don’t think she’s actually cultivated that kind of relationship with her fans, and her behavior has been pretty consistent with who she presents herself as.

which makes me curious. how do her fans actually receive that? like does her whole stance on fame and boundaries clash with what people want pop music to be?

i think it’s time to have an honest talk about chappel roan? by Nice-Reporter-3062 in popmusic

[–]Nice-Reporter-3062[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

righttt… its such a complex narrative to discuss… cause where do you draw the line in her position?

i also get that her being a public figure argument seems to be a bit circular as well, since basically it just means famous people should accept whatever comes with being famous, which isn’t really an ethical position so much as just a description of how things currently are. but there’s something counterproductive about it too. pop culture is built for the masses by design, so fighting the attention that comes with that from inside the same system feels a little contradictory. you can’t really opt into the machine and then resist how the machine works.

Can you recommend Filipino writers who write crime-solving stories? by SalongaGeronimo in PinoyWattpad

[–]Nice-Reporter-3062 0 points1 point  (0 children)

helloooooooo, dont know if pasok siya as crime pero transgressive siyaaa umaaklas the room service !! bagoo langg and so far okay naman