My first flame!

[meteordust]

Whenever slash writers talk about flames and abusive emails they receive, I've always felt a bit left out. No one thinks my stories are offensive enough to criticise? What, my characters aren't gay enough for you?

All that has changed with this (anonymous) review from FF.Net:

From: a;rigaraowiutdkj()

whoever the heck wrote this should have said it was slash in the summary. this is disgusting. shame on whoever wrote this.

I feel so... initiated now.

The thing is, it's a weird choice of story to be flamed for. "Sometimes" is a gentle, introspective story about realisation and self-awareness. It's not like Clark and Lex are screwing like bunnies. 'Disgusting' seems a little extreme when describing a story where they don't even hold hands.

Ah well. Feedback is feedback, they say, so I guess I can't complain about the quality of a flame.

Comments

[leenabeans.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on becoming a full slash writer =)

[meteordust.livejournal.com]

Heh. Thanks. :)

[eggsbenedict]

Ahhh... it had to happen sometime, right? =)

They can critique your story in their own twisted little terms, you're quite warranted to do the same to their critique! XD

[meteordust.livejournal.com]

I'd been looking forward to my first flame for a while - it just wasn't exactly what I was expecting. Oh well. I'm sure there'll eventually be more to come!

Hiyo =^^=

[kawaii-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Got to love the criticism from other people who are curious about your fics.

BTW, you don't mind me if I add you on my list as well.

PS. This is Mary Anne "Rinoa"

Re: Hiyo =^^=

[meteordust.livejournal.com]

Not at all. It's a wonderful surprise to find so many people I know on LJ.