Well, see, again, that just says to me that I'm probably better off not poking. XD
[Comments about catching Koi at the right time]
Well, see, I don't like to be poked (my annoyance with pokings isn't just the jealousy factor; I've mentioned plenty of feelings that have little to do with my own pettyness), so I don't feel comfortable in poking other people.
That said, catching you in a good mood that doesn't also involve you being too out of it to respond seems a task in and of itself. ;)
Koi likes Fleetwind! Hoorah!
Well, I have no problem with him being borrowed, as you know, but if you find you just can't use him anywhere, then you can't use him, and that doesn't bug me. Given how little I write, really, it amuses me that my characters worm their ways as many places as they do! :)
Koi gets yelled at for crit.
Yeah. We all like to think we have thick skins when it comes to feedback, but often they're not as thick as we think. One method some people try to use when criting to soften the blow is to sandwich the critical meat with compliments on either end. Of course, there are fics out there that are such that it's hard to find two compliments on them, although most of the people on my flist at least have the, "Sentences are put together well from the technical stand-point" thing going for them.
(You'll note I don't bother about this method with you. You've shown yourself to have thick enough scales.)
An additional problem that you face, if you'll allow me another moment of frankness, is that whether you like it or not, you are a Big Name Fan. People automatically put more weight on what you have to say, whether they're doing it on a conscious level or not. Thus, a negative comment from you automatically seems much worse than it does coming from, say, me. This is because people hold you and your opinion in higher regard. It's silly, but it's the way it is. You and I have our disagreements, and honestly, a lot of my frustration with you and with those disagreements is not directly with you. It's with other people. You, Wayward, other Big Name Fans... I don't know if you realize or not how often folks like me run into people who defend their ideas with logic like, "It's so because Koi says it's so." My problem is not with the fact that you, for example, hold a divergent opinion. It's that I have witnessed other people reject things that disagree with the mighty Koi on the basis of Koi Says It Is So.* It's silly and absurd that people do this, and it is not your fault at all, but the fact is it happens, and you're at the center of it, whether you want to be or not.
* This is, in fact, why Robo-Smasher has become such a big stickler with me. I don't have a problem with you and Wayward not liking that origin. I have a problem with basically being told I'm wrong for liking it by other people because you or Wayward Say It Isn't So. I know it's not your fault, but it's there anyway.
I apologize for running long. I have the wordy today!
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Date: 2007-05-15 02:43 pm (UTC)Well, see, again, that just says to me that I'm probably better off not poking. XD
[Comments about catching Koi at the right time]
Well, see, I don't like to be poked (my annoyance with pokings isn't just the jealousy factor; I've mentioned plenty of feelings that have little to do with my own pettyness), so I don't feel comfortable in poking other people.
That said, catching you in a good mood that doesn't also involve you being too out of it to respond seems a task in and of itself. ;)
Koi likes Fleetwind! Hoorah!
Well, I have no problem with him being borrowed, as you know, but if you find you just can't use him anywhere, then you can't use him, and that doesn't bug me. Given how little I write, really, it amuses me that my characters worm their ways as many places as they do! :)
Koi gets yelled at for crit.
Yeah. We all like to think we have thick skins when it comes to feedback, but often they're not as thick as we think. One method some people try to use when criting to soften the blow is to sandwich the critical meat with compliments on either end. Of course, there are fics out there that are such that it's hard to find two compliments on them, although most of the people on my flist at least have the, "Sentences are put together well from the technical stand-point" thing going for them.
(You'll note I don't bother about this method with you. You've shown yourself to have thick enough scales.)
An additional problem that you face, if you'll allow me another moment of frankness, is that whether you like it or not, you are a Big Name Fan. People automatically put more weight on what you have to say, whether they're doing it on a conscious level or not. Thus, a negative comment from you automatically seems much worse than it does coming from, say, me. This is because people hold you and your opinion in higher regard. It's silly, but it's the way it is. You and I have our disagreements, and honestly, a lot of my frustration with you and with those disagreements is not directly with you. It's with other people. You, Wayward, other Big Name Fans... I don't know if you realize or not how often folks like me run into people who defend their ideas with logic like, "It's so because Koi says it's so." My problem is not with the fact that you, for example, hold a divergent opinion. It's that I have witnessed other people reject things that disagree with the mighty Koi on the basis of Koi Says It Is So.* It's silly and absurd that people do this, and it is not your fault at all, but the fact is it happens, and you're at the center of it, whether you want to be or not.
* This is, in fact, why Robo-Smasher has become such a big stickler with me. I don't have a problem with you and Wayward not liking that origin. I have a problem with basically being told I'm wrong for liking it by other people because you or Wayward Say It Isn't So. I know it's not your fault, but it's there anyway.
I apologize for running long. I have the wordy today!