Saturday, May 21, 2005

   *sigh* People...
Well, I got my first flame today that was something like this:
Hikaru
2005-05-20
ch 8, anonymous HOW THE FUCK COULD YOU HAVE DONE THAT!?! YOU FUCKING *BLEEP*! HOW COULD YOU LET DUO GET RAPED! *FUMES* USUALLY THE PERSON I REVIEW FOR USUALLY JUST SAYS THAT DUO ALMOST GETS RAPED CAUSE THE OTHERS CAME IN TIME, BUT DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO MAKE HIM GET RAPED?!?!?!?! EVEN JUST MAKING IT SO THAT HE ALMOST GOT RAPED IS OKAY! GODDAMN YOU! okay, sorry bout that cause I usually lose my temper whenever something like ths happens, I'm still pissed...and no offense, but I'm not gonna be keeping up with this fic no more...with or without reviews...I just cant stand it when Duo gets raped...*pause* unelss it's by Heero...*confused* but I don't get the logic in that...but oh wells...its how I feel...theonly way I'll be reading this ever again is if I'm REALLY desperate for a 1x2 fic to read...sorry...

To which I will post with my next chapter: You all have given me great reviews so far and I thank you very much. However, to a certain Hikaru, I feel I must address something. I understand not everyone is going to like this story. That’s obvious. Some people will read the first sentence and deem it garbage. I know that. I’m no famous writer, and this is my first time writing publicly. If you cannot stand bad things happening to Duo or any other character, I’d say you should stay away from Angst stories. It’s clearly labeled under such, and is also rated M. And I didn’t even show them actually doing anything to Duo. Some people do. Duo and Heero are my favorite characters from gundam wing, but I also realize that they are not real. As real as they can seem, and believe me, I know how real they can be, they are not people. There is no reason to freak out and swear at me because of what happened to him. If you don’t like the story, fine. But if you’re going to flame someone, use something that they can actually be blamed for. Like bad spelling or too much OOC or something like that. Telling me my story is bad just because you dislike something bad happening…well, like I said. Primary category is ANGST. I shouldn’t have to say “Don’t Like, Don’t Read.” because, isn’t it obvious? If I don’t like death fics, I’m going to stay away from them. I understand you dislike Duo getting raped, but then you shouldn’t even be looking at Angst, because 1. That means bad things happen to main characters and 2. It’s usually going to be something along the lines of cutting, suicide, rape, death. So…you’re saying it was okay that I let Duo cut himself and try to commit suicide, but it wasn’t okay that he got raped? And you told me it would be okay if Heero was the bad guy that raped him? How does that add up? Isn’t that a bit…hypocritical or something? And as sad as it may be, things like rape do actually happen to people, especially POWs if you’ve seen the news lately. I’m sorry, but it’s a sad fact of life and I can relate to these things. I love Duo just as much as you or anyone else. That’s why Heero is there for him, to make him better.

I apologize to anyone else who bothered themselves to read that, but I just feel it needed to be said. I mean, I don’t know about you guys, but some random person swearing at me just because things in my story don’t go the way they want…kinda puts a dent in my day. Sorry I took up so much space with it, it was just bothering me.

So..yeah. I'm slightly upset because really, what flames are...tehy're just people who dislike what you did, but know there's actually nothing wrong with it. I'm not saying my story is so good, but I'm saying people should be doing constructive criticism, not flaming. Unfortunately for flamers, that kinda crap just doesn't work with me. It bothers me, but only because it's stupid. Sorry.
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