On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, nice and peace-loving Misa-chan wrote:
I know that you don't like Jack or his stories, but
there is no reason to make it a public hate war.
Everyone is entitled to follow their muse, and if
that is his, so be it. If you don't want to read
his stories, DON'T!!!! I absolutely despised BGC
stories and I delete probably every single one that
comes into my box, but I am not offended that they
were posted!!! The whole point of this list is to
share our stories... that does not mean that
anyone is REQUIRED to read a story. If it offends
you, delete it!!!
Misa, I hate to disagree, but Jack contributed to turning this into a
flamewar, too. He has a habit of equating negative comments with
personal attacks and answers accordingly. Also he seems to have a hard
time accepting that some of the negative comments might be true.
Writing oneself or a thinly disguised alter ego into your own fic isn't
the pinnacle of good style, but it's not automatically bad - as long as
you're aware what you're doing and doing it consciously. Denial of any
possible problems with one's fic does not make it better, sorry.
I do believe that Jack is a nice guy (If Misa says so, I believe her). I
read his story, I tried to like it, I didn't. *No big deal*! I don't
know why this has been blown so out of proportion. I didn't want to
discourage him with negative comments, because I think that he *does*
have talent.
Now will everybody *please* behave like adults? This is the internet,
not Kindergarten.
Is Too!
Is Not!
IS TOO!
*IS NOT*!!
misa-not-so-happy
I can understand that.
Sebastian