I am falling behind

[farla]

So today's crazy bitchery award goes to the Pisces of Zodiac Chiks (because an inability to spell your penname properly is such a good sign). Later I got a less frothing reply from her other half, which is ironic, since she claimed to be the more patient one, but that one wasn't lolarious like Pisces girl, who claimed:

I'm getting the feeling that you're not a fan of Original Characters or anything that isn't Canonical to a Series. And, just out of curiousity, I popped over to your Profile and saw all
of your Mary-Sue parodies; even though you don't call them Parodies.

Yep. If you decide to write off someone's criticism as "they just hate all OCs", and you go over to their profile and find they're writing OCs, the proper response is to assume all hundred of their stories are secret parodies regarding how much they hate OCs. Because there's no other explanation for why they wouldn't like your OC who is definitely not a sue.

Bonus funny: she replied to my bit about not capitalizing pokemon names with a rant about how she already knew when things should and shouldn't be capitalized.

But that's not all. Honorable mention goes to xxbeccatxx, who won the coveted nostalgia award when she decided that she should reply by reviewing one of my stories, which can be seen in all its glory here. It's enough to wish there was an option to block review-replies, just so more people would do crazy stuff like that. No, I'm not kidding, it really was more fun when people either had to use email or play the drama out in public.

And then there's Pokemon: Origins, which appears to be actually good. Involves the canon cast, focuses on Ash, and otherwise can't possibly be real. I'm going to realize it's a sleep deprived hallucination tomorrow morning, so you should probably read it now.

Comments

[razorleaf.livejournal.com]

I love it when reviewers decide your story's focus for you. Because clearly, if she saw it as a parody then it must be so.

You attract the cutest authors, Farla. They're all so batshit insane. It's lovely.

Please to be posting her rant as well. I love reading rants.

[farla.livejournal.com]

I was considering the idea that it was meant as some sort of stealth insult (you know, "Oh they're not parodies? I figured all the mary sue suck was intentional...") but there's no real suggestion of it and it would conflict with their basic argument.

So should I be posting all the review-replies I'm getting? I'm never quite sure if they should be classed as email-private or review-public, but hey, if it amuses others...

[razorleaf.livejournal.com]

I don't think they're that smart, to be honest. : P

Heh, it's your choice. Rants like that just tend to amuse me, but it depends on what you think.