Oh, ff.net, why do you treat me so?

[ratherastory]

Don't get me wrong. Fanfiction.net is where I started out as a fledgling fanfic writer, and I have a soft spot for it.

That being said, the people on there constantly flummox me with their inability to grasp what I'm driving at with my fic. It's a small percentage, maybe 10% max, but their reviews eat at me.

So mainly what I was trying to do in that last coda-thing-whatever was to demonstrate that in all the effort to give Dean a happy ending (no matter how stupid the notion is that Dean can possibly be happy while Sam is dead/in hell), no one at all took Lisa's feelings into account. No one asked her if she wanted a psychologically damaged alcoholic with abandonment issues and no valid means of supporting himself to land on her doorstep and basically try to insert himself into her life.

In short, I was trying to convey that she as much as Dean is lost in this situation. Lost and frightened and not a little angry at having this dumped in her lap when she's worked so hard to get her life together and make a good life for her son. It's not that she doesn't care, not that she doesn't want to help. It's just too big for her, and so she's doing what she can with what she's got.

What the ff.net reviewers got out of the story, however, was that Lisa is MEAN and CRUEL. Or, in a complete 180 from that, that OMG how dare I imply that Lisa wouldn't be thrilled and totally awesome and understanding and 100% supportive of Dean no matter what?

Eesh.

I am fine. I have to go answer all the nice comments I got in the last few days (I am SO behind!), and answer the not-so-nice ones. Well, the not-so-nice ones that actually deigned to give me the option to reply. :P

Comments

[greeneyes-fan.livejournal.com]

Ever check out ratemyprofessor.com? I've viewed my own ratings a few times. My personal favorite is the person who bitched and complained about my class--and got the name of the course completely wrong.

Sometimes, criticism is great. But some people's opinions just aren't worth listening to.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

LOL

No! I never even heard of that! I might check it out some day.

My father has some GREAT reviews from his students that he actually posted on the bulletin board outside his office. My personal favourite is the one who compares his course to suffering through the Calvary.

[blubird-pie.livejournal.com]

lol, THIS. I mean, I'm a fairly hardcore Dean-girl, but... Dean as he showed up at Lisa's door is not the guy you want to have crashing at your place and spending time with your kid. The people who don't get that, even after reading your wonderful fic? Not the type you're writing for anyways.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Pretty much.

I love Dean with much love, but he's not in any shape to be around a ten-year-old boy. He needs more and better help than Lisa can give him, poor bunny.

Love your icon, too. :)

[blubird-pie.livejournal.com]

hee, thanks. Its not appropriate very often, but when it is I love using it :)

[nwhepcat.livejournal.com]

My best friend for the last 30 years got a rating on that site that said she was the worst person in the entire world. Uh, helpful. And somehow I suspect the rater got a grade that he/she actually deserved.

So yeah.

[greeneyes-fan.livejournal.com]

That's a classic.

Somehow I doubt the worst person in the world is teaching college. Though I want to meet them, if they are!