And responses!

[farla]

For Elite, by Kikimaster:
I think the best thing for you to do right now, is to go and wallow in your lack of self-confidence. You don't go around and rip people apart at the seam just because it makes you feel better. If you're going to review, why don't you do some constructive criticism rather than damage? If I state that I'm sensitive, I don't expect some random writer to completely disregard that statement. Tell me my writing is 'crappy', sure. But the only thing that it makes me realize, is that you're either A) Scared of a bit of competition, or B) as stated before, lacking in self-confidence. Get over it. I'm sorry my story is 'boring', and maybe it doesn't have what YOU want as a beginning. But go and 'constructively' review someones story that actually ASKS you to do it for them. And, as a favor to your poor soul, I'll go and remove the "Constructive criticism" section of the intro. Just for you. And by the way, I don't need you to tell that my story is nonsense, or assume that I'm stupid.

Have a nice day.

Went on to review Lucki to inform me that "I don't think you said 'said'. Don't worry, it won't bite you!" I remember people doing similar things, so I've changed the title to Lucki: A Middling Sue Parody for the duration of this, in the hopes it'll stop people being as stupid.

For 25 Days 'Til Christmas by Prongs.xo:

Hahhaha. I asked for criticism, and I got it ;)
I must thank you for that.

Firstly, have you never heard humans complain? They'll say, why can't I have
magical powers? etc. It's not that weird that I made May say, "Why can't I
just spread wings."

And I can have her rip through snow if I want :) I've read many times about
people "ripping" their way through a forest, through grass, through snow...
Maybe you should read some more :)

Yeah, May's a little dense.

Yes, as a matter of fact, I've seen snow. I live in Canada. Maybe the
snowplows didn't make a path to cross. They came around from the roads
surrounding it and made a huge hill along two sides of the field. Seriously,
have you never seen a snow plow deposit before?

Have you never been in cold weather? Even if you wear thick boots, your toes
can still feel cold, especially if you've been walking a lot in snow. I would
know. I've experienced negative 50 degree weather. Your feet will still be
cold, pretty much no matter what.

She had a stupid moment where she thought something brilliant would come out
of Assist. But obviously it wouldn't work. Yes, she had a stupid moment. So?

Also, the main theme isn't their Pokemon. So it doesn't have to be anything
major.
And obviously the boy is going to save the day. It's a ROMANCE fic; it's
bound to be predictable.

Haha but thanks again for the long list of EXTREMELY biased criticism ;)

I know that most of the time when I make comments about "haven't you ever" that I'm going to be disappointed, but it's still depressing to realize that yes, these people have first hand experience with things and just weren't paying attention. Or alternatively, that yes, they realize no one with a brain would do this, but that the main character is a girl, so...

But honestly, people have been mostly reasonable so far. This may just be that plenty of people haven't yet seen their email, but still.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

"through a forest, through grass, through snow..."

clearly these things all have similar properties

[farla.livejournal.com]

Also, the fact someone else did it proves it's right!

[ember-reignited.livejournal.com]

And obviously the boy is going to save the day. It's a ROMANCE fic; it's
bound to be predictable.

*looks at the fic she's written for her all-time OTP*

Hm. I think I've been doing something pretty majorly wrong.

[farla.livejournal.com]

Aren't you glad they explained? Now you can go pair them off with properly condescending boys!