Well, I guess they told me...

[pipmer1]

Well, I got home from Christmas with my family today only to this lovely review on my story "I'll be Holmes for Christmas" on ff.net:

euphoracle:God, poor Mycroft. He should be imprisoned for daring to bring his
family together for Christmas. What a bastard! Of course his mother loves him
least! Was this written by a thirteen year old?One who hates her older
siblings? Don't anser. The dinner scene is far from realistic too. Even if she
hated Mycroft, if only to appear like a good mother, Marjorie would not allow
Sherlock to badger his brother over Christmas dinner about his eating habits.
God, throughout this fic I kept waiting for someone to slap Sherlock. He's so
vindictive it's annoying. If he's going to be characterized this way, at least
give me some good reasons to like him too. Telling me he loves John means
nothing. Show me this love and respect he supposedly feels. I mean, there's no
color imagery in front of my eyes, with a gorgeous actor playing the part so
well, to distract me from his harsh words and deeds. Telling me how he looks,
that he looks hurt or innocent or whatever, substanciates nothing. Let the
character speak and act for himself in order to define him.

I also kept thinking that I've read all this dialogue and conflict in many
fics before this one, even within the Sherlock BBC fandom this past month.

Mycroft is a flat character here, not to mention a convenient scapegoat. John
is pretty out-of-character, too. One second he's depicted as a humble and
plebian doctor, the next he's a hand-kissing ...

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Uh... yeah. Guess they told me, eh? Funny thing is, this showed up in my email, then when I visited the site to read the full review, it wasn't there. Can people delete their reviews on ff.net once they post them?

Too bad I can't respond, because they were signed in as a guest. According to them, my writing isn't even up to the low standards of ff.net. Merry Christmas to me :D

Comments

[arwen-kenobi.livejournal.com]

I think it is possible to delete the review after the fact. Don't let it get you down - I've gotten crap on FF.net for writing stuff people just flat out don't like as a pairing or a genre. I warned them too. Still *eyeroll* people are going to be people.

*hug*

[pipmer1.livejournal.com]

Thanks arwen *hugs*

I kinda thought it was funny more than anything, but you can't help that little twist in your gut.

I found out it was waiting for me to approve the review before it posted, for some reason. So I did, because I'm not a coward :D

[holyfant.livejournal.com]

FF.net is a really crap place to post fic. The most popular stories there are the worst ones in each given fandom, there is random hate all over the place, and quality work often gets hit with a disproportionate number of flames. I stopped posting there years ago because the readership is very young, very rude, very excited about the prospect of being anonymous on the net, and very stupid.

Try to not let it down. That person obviously just want to stir shit. *hug*

(Btw, your card arrived today. :D Thank you so much! <3 I'm wearing the button as we speak.)

[pipmer1.livejournal.com]

Hi, Kat! Thank you, it amused me more than anything, but you can't help that sinking feeling you get whenever it happens, you know?

I'm so glad you liked the card and pin! I responded to your email too, I'm sorry I didn't respond in a timely manner. Hope things are well!