Quick roundup

Someone on Fictionpress wanted to know if I was going to continue the story I did about the guy using dreams to drive people crazy, and if not, if they could continue it. It makes me wonder if the original fiction rules about getting ideas from other writers are way stricter than in the fanfiction community.

No one has really been bitching much. I got one kind-of bitchy reply, complete with "it's my character so you can't tell me they wouldn't act like that", "but it's totally possible a wild pokemon might act exactly like a whiny American teen", and "just because there's no reason for it doesn't mean it's impossible", but then they apologized for it.

Right now the worst the reviews get are the annoying ones where they obviously didn't understand a thing I said. Like Wow...thanks for paying so much attention to my story and giving such a
meaningful review. Thanks. About the boy being a thief; he became a thief
because his father died. It changed him because of the strong bond they had.
There were also consequences for his thefts. If you read it, it's in chapter
one when he robbing a store and a police officer came. Had he got caught, he
would've gotten thrown in jail. And him stealing pokemon in broad daylight
isn't any different from a house getting robbed in broad daylight.

I think the blanketing thing really does work. Also, I've already passed last month's profile hits. (And am starting to get occasional weird results on the poll - why do people really want Emerald Perspectives updated?)

I did get one email threatening to flame all my stories, but I guess then they scrolled past my bio and realized that'd take a while, so they just gave up. And I got invited to The Lost Simirillion Trilogy, whatever that means. It's apparently that guy Silawen reviewed's website.

Wait, spoke too soon

Just gave a handful of reviews and it seems the stupid has returned. I guess that's what I get for leaving so many stories unreviewed for a while. Still nothing particularly bitchy, though. Just:

Well, thanks for the review!

To start off, pokemon actually do need a capital letter.
That second bit, I don't really understand what you mean. Who's speech are
you referring to? I've reread the story and I can't see what you're talking
about.

'Seriously, pick up a book or something, this is basic, basic stuff.'
Okay, that was really rude.

I'm sorry about the stuff in brackets. I just didn't want people to read that
line and wonder what the heck I was going on about when she mentioned the
'Creative' fiasco. I apologise if it took away from your enjoyment of the
story.

Jade is actually a shade of green...

Yes, orbs are eyes. Very observant!
I had used 'eyes' previously in the sentence, so I didn't want repetition.

I didn't instantly post the story after I'd written it. Believe it or not, I
went over it many times to check I was happy with it.

I don't suppose you have any comments about the story itself, or indeed
anything to say that's even remotely friendly? It's nice to have a little
recognition of what I did well instead of a review focusing on negative
things.

I appreciate your review, and I hope you reply answering my query about the
dialogue!
ArcanineOod xX
^_^

Note: they are a beta reader. "Grammar and spelling are my best areas, and also sentence structure. I'm very spelling and grammar minded, so I guess that's where I excel in beta-reading."

Fucking FFN.