I even think I remember you complaining about it, four or five years back
Yes, I did complain to you on irc about that.
(Cry on your shoulder as I uncomfortably recall.
) But notice my reference to that in my post above. But you told me, back then, to tough it out, and consider what was being said. I did, and so I learned from those criticisms, and I hope the story which I ultimately wrote was better than it would have been otherwise.
I'm sorry, Carol, but I missed the part where *anyone* suggested the topic be banned.
No one used the word "ban". But I inferred that's what Rivka was getting at with this point:
"I'm rather disappointed to see a fdk thread become yet ANOTHER discussion about death-fics. Seriously, the horse is dead, and has been flogged to tiny shreds. If this conversation must be rehashed again (and I'm not sure why it does, since it seems everyone who has an opinion on the topic (including me, to be sure) has expressed it at least two or three times)."
4 positives for every con, eh. That's a bit daunting and gets us back into that bland "gushes only" territory.
How about one for one? Unless 3 examples for 1 positive would be acceptable as 4? And I repeat my suggestion that authors might mention if if they want only the "kudos".
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