And... again

[potentiality_26]

I really don't want to just make a string of posts ranting about people on AO3, but hey, it's my journal and it makes me feel better so I'm gonna do it anyway.  I am putting it under a cut, though, because I'm oversensitive and talking myself into a corner and seriously no one should read this.



I really don't know what do with this comment I just got.

It's very polite; the commenter talks about the things they liked in the story and then says as an aside that x didn't really work for them- and like, I get that that is the generally accepted positive way of giving feedback.  I get that as far as critical comments to go it's the best kind to get and that this person in no way said it to be mean, but... I just don't know what to do with it.  Obviously their objection is not my objection or I wouldn't have written it like I did.  Sure, I understand where they're coming from.  It's a question of interpretation, fine- but as nice as they were about it, I just don't get what this person thought they were achieving.  Am I meant to see the light because of their remarks and rewrite the whole thing?  Because other than that I just don't know what they mentioned it for.  To me, concrit isn't concrit unless it's something that you think the writer can and will change.  If it's a fundamental part of the story, I don't see what good mentioning that it didn't work for you personally could possibly do.  I would never tell a writer something like that, and I've disagreed with parts of plenty of fics, believe me.  

But like, I get that there's another school of thought.  I know that there are people out there who have no problem with someone saying they didn't agree with something in their story and are down for a debate.  I'm just not one of those people.  I take criticism pretty badly, which is why I don't ask for it.  And I get that putting yourself out there leaves you open to this kind of thing, and whenever it happens I always question why I bother and it becomes a whole thing.  I really wish it didn't, I really wish I had a thicker skin, because obviously this reviewer wasn't rubbing their hands together thinking, "Maybe this author will decide to never write fanfiction again."

I'm probably not going to never write fanfiction again, obviously, but I'm still not in a very good place right at this moment- and again, I have no idea what to say.  Having an odd number of comments is going to bug the hell out of me, so I have to say something, I'm just not sure what.

Should I just thank them and leave it at that?  Should I say that I see where they're coming from but that I don't really agree?  That seems like the best reply but they have to know that already.  It's 18,000 words.  You'd think they know I thought about it.

I'm just too frustrated to come up with a proper reply, because again they were nice for the most part and I don't want to take their head off.

But right now, I really do.


*sigh*

I just don't know.
  

Comments

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

I'D want to take their head off. Why are you reading a pairing that you think doesn't work?! The feedback on the rest of it is nice enough, but I'm not going to stop pairing up people I think work, because you disagree. I don't want to HEAR how/why you disagree, because I'm not stupid enough to read something I'm not keen on. Makes no sense. UGH.

But that's what I'd say. Shit like this makes me mad. Most 'concrit' out there nowadays is just stupid nitpicking and asshattery. My mother taught me - if you don't have anything nice to say, keep your trap shut. Good advice. Especially for Internet Land.

*HUGS*

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

It's the best advice for Internet Land! When you come across something that you don't agree with, you feel the need to share your Opinion. I get that. But it really isn't difficult to take a moment and then not do that.

I just don't get some people.

*hugs*