Yes, it was a discussion question in a forum: "Do Pen Names Affect What You Read?". The reason behind the discrimination is that their stories would read like a bad anime fan fiction.
(On a side note, someone also said that she wouldn't read someone's work if their username (called a "pen name") contained the word "teenybopper". But who refers to himself/herself as a teenybopper?)
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You should be glad this isn't FictionPress. The anime fans and the non-anime fans are extremely divided. Some non-anime fans won't even read the works of others if they have Japanese-sounding usernames.
My suggestion is to add a pronunciation guide somewhere. That could help. (That's probably what I should have done with "Rebels", come to think of it.)
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Keba Si Rota
Don't Forget 3 Oct (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 02/28/13 | Reply
@kita mikichi:
Yes, it was a discussion question in a forum: "Do Pen Names Affect What You Read?". The reason behind the discrimination is that their stories would read like a bad anime fan fiction.
(On a side note, someone also said that she wouldn't read someone's work if their username (called a "pen name") contained the word "teenybopper". But who refers to himself/herself as a teenybopper?)
Call it karma. Call it luck. Me, I just don't give a... BOUNCE!
kita mikichi
Chibi Artist Girl (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 02/28/13 | Reply
@Keba Si Rota:
Thanks for the suggestion. (I actually did do that with my creative writing piece, but I think it wise widely looked-over. xP) ^^
About FictionPress, that's crazy that people judge it just from the writer's username. 0_o Yikes.
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Keba Si Rota
Don't Forget 3 Oct (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 02/27/13 | Reply
You should be glad this isn't FictionPress. The anime fans and the non-anime fans are extremely divided. Some non-anime fans won't even read the works of others if they have Japanese-sounding usernames.
My suggestion is to add a pronunciation guide somewhere. That could help. (That's probably what I should have done with "Rebels", come to think of it.)
Call it karma. Call it luck. Me, I just don't give a... BOUNCE!