Razorclaw X wrote:

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Um... just curious, but does this mean I get to expect a public Rant
from you every single time I post a new chapter of HoI, and someone has
something positive to say about it?  For someone who has only read a
fraction of an 800 page fic, you sure seem to have a lot of strong
feelings about it.  Or me, I'm not sure which.  But apparently your
feelings are strong enough that you feel the need to share them with the
whole list.

I don't think I'd mind as much if you'd actually read the whole fic, and
then hated it.  At least then, yours would be an informed opinion.  But
just griping because the fic is liked by a lot of people...  Hm.

  Happiness is finding a pencil, sausage on pizza.... *SWAP!*
  I might be utterly selfish by saying this, but I'll be HAPPY when it's
over. Why? It's getting high time to pass the torch, I think, for the
next great story 

The whole "passing the torch" stuff is nonsense.  I never had a torch to
begin with.  I just wrote a fic, just like every other author on this
list, and I'll continue to write fics for a long time after HoI is
finished.  This isn't an Olympic event.  We're here to share stories,
not compete against each other.

(I won't be selfish to say that it's mine, but it's

more likely Gary Kleppe's, which is only JUST starting, but already
people are making a big deal about it-- you can tell me my prediction is
wrong after the story's over, but not before). Everyone and their
third-removed cousins probably know of Hearts of Ice by name. But, it's
not the ONLY story there is. 

Who said it was?  I didn't hear any claims to that end.  As for the
"next great story," there are a *lot* of great stories out there, most
better than HoI, in my opinion, that are being written now.  The idea
that there can be a "successor" to Hearts of Ice seems silly to me,
because as I see it, Hearts of Ice never ruled anything.  Fanfiction
isn't a dictatorship, or even a monarchy.

But I guess the essence of my response to your rant is this:  Yes, you
have mentioned on more than one occasion that the first chapter of HoI
didn't grab you.  That's fine with me, I don't care whether you ever
read the fic or not.  But please stop griping about HoI's popularity,
since that is something that is completely out of your control, or mine.

Ja ne,

Krista