More interesting reviews

Well....I have one from Azrielle asking me to continue. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. This was a one-shot. I have nothing further. I may stare at some Season 7 scripts later on and see if there's anything there I want to comment on in the form of a fic (things I wish they'd shown us), but for now--that's it. Finis. Sorry.

Then there's the one from "iluvSpuffy"--who obviously has issues. I have to wonder if this person even actually read the story, or if they read the reviews and then just wildly misinterpreted what Deana said in her review. Would it be too much trouble to actually read the damb fic? It's less than a thousand words long, for crying out loud.

In fact, in reading that review, I have to conclude that iluvSpuffy didn't read the fic at all. Because nowhere in there does Buffy actually apologize to Spike. She takes responsibility for her part of the debacle that was their relationship, and she forgives him. That's very different from saying "I'm sorry I drove you try to rape me"--which is not what I was trying to get across at all. And nowhere in there do I say it's all her fault. In fact, Spike refuses her forgiveness and runs out.

This is the review:
So you have Buffy apologising to her attempted rapist? Of COURSE it's all her fault, why didn't I realise earlier??
The Buffy / Spike relationship was screwed up from both sides, and with Buffy clearly depressed and not in her right mind you can count on ol'Spikey to take advantage of that. A class act, Spike.

Okay....I thought that's what I got across in the fic. That it was screwed up from both sides. I mean, yes...I did want to see Buffy and Spike together. But not the way they did it in Season 6. I'm not a "fangirl." I'm forty damb years old, and my eyes are wide open. Spike is not perfect. But neither, dammit, is Buffy.

Thinking seriously about emailing the person and asking if they actually read the thing....

More interesting reviews

Well....I have one from Azrielle asking me to continue. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. This was a one-shot. I have nothing further. I may stare at some Season 7 scripts later on and see if there's anything there I want to comment on in the form of a fic (things I wish they'd shown us), but for now--that's it. Finis. Sorry.

Then there's the one from "iluvSpuffy"--who obviously has issues. I have to wonder if this person even actually read the story, or if they read the reviews and then just wildly misinterpreted what Deana said in her review. Would it be too much trouble to actually read the damb fic? It's less than a thousand words long, for crying out loud.

In fact, in reading that review, I have to conclude that iluvSpuffy didn't read the fic at all. Because nowhere in there does Buffy actually apologize to Spike. She takes responsibility for her part of the debacle that was their relationship, and she forgives him. That's very different from saying "I'm sorry I drove you try to rape me"--which is not what I was trying to get across at all. And nowhere in there do I say it's all her fault. In fact, Spike refuses her forgiveness and runs out.

This is the review:
So you have Buffy apologising to her attempted rapist? Of COURSE it's all her fault, why didn't I realise earlier??
The Buffy / Spike relationship was screwed up from both sides, and with Buffy clearly depressed and not in her right mind you can count on ol'Spikey to take advantage of that. A class act, Spike.

Okay....I thought that's what I got across in the fic. That it was screwed up from both sides. I mean, yes...I did want to see Buffy and Spike together. But not the way they did it in Season 6. I'm not a "fangirl." I'm forty damb years old, and my eyes are wide open. Spike is not perfect. But neither, dammit, is Buffy.

Thinking seriously about emailing the person and asking if they actually read the thing....

Nicked from Spikesloveslave:

You are a freeform writer. Individualistic with a
sense for the different and challenging, Walt
Whitman and his poetry lacking meter and rhyme
is just what the doctor ordered. You're quick
to write something that the rest of the world
doesn't accept as poetry, quick to separate
yourself from the average joe. An author with a
true sense of self, you have confidence in your
abilities and aren't afraid to show it. :) GO
YOU!


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Nicked from Spikesloveslave:

You are a freeform writer. Individualistic with a
sense for the different and challenging, Walt
Whitman and his poetry lacking meter and rhyme
is just what the doctor ordered. You're quick
to write something that the rest of the world
doesn't accept as poetry, quick to separate
yourself from the average joe. An author with a
true sense of self, you have confidence in your
abilities and aren't afraid to show it. :) GO
YOU!


What's YOUR Writing Style?
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Interesting!

Review Spammers

We all get them, right? Especially if we make a target of ourselves by writing a little out of the "mainstream" (whatever that is), or by defending someone else who does.

Well....seems that just a few hours after I left a positive review for someone who's been the target of a spammer, I got a little flame. Not from the same anonymous ID that's been spamming everyone while imitating a real FFN ID....but now I'm really suspicious. I was going to leave it; however, I'm going to delete it with no squirms from my conscience whatsoever now. Because now they've left me three (count 'em!) that say "BLEAGH! STINKY!" on my "Spark" fic. And it's possible I haven't seen the last of them.

So...to the person who is doing this, not only to me but to anyone else out there who has the temerity to defend star2717: Go do an unnatural act with yourself. You are a small, sad person, and should find something better to do with your time.

In fact, I'm going to figure out something else to write...just to annoy you. :-p

Review Spammers

We all get them, right? Especially if we make a target of ourselves by writing a little out of the "mainstream" (whatever that is), or by defending someone else who does.

Well....seems that just a few hours after I left a positive review for someone who's been the target of a spammer, I got a little flame. Not from the same anonymous ID that's been spamming everyone while imitating a real FFN ID....but now I'm really suspicious. I was going to leave it; however, I'm going to delete it with no squirms from my conscience whatsoever now. Because now they've left me three (count 'em!) that say "BLEAGH! STINKY!" on my "Spark" fic. And it's possible I haven't seen the last of them.

So...to the person who is doing this, not only to me but to anyone else out there who has the temerity to defend star2717: Go do an unnatural act with yourself. You are a small, sad person, and should find something better to do with your time.

In fact, I'm going to figure out something else to write...just to annoy you. :-p