I have already replied to Tybalt about how sorry I am about this (before I 
was utterly blown away by correct critisism), but not to the FFML, which I 
guess was yet another mistake I have made.

I'm just going to go right out and say it: I am very sorry for the immoral 
and completely wrong deed I did by posting a message to the FFML to merely 
gain votes.

It was stupid.

It was obnoxious.

Flame or Death-threat me if you must (but not to the list, please, that is 
needless mail for everyone).

But most importantly, I will NEVER do it again.

As a reply to the mail I have already received (Lurker and Turtyl) I ask you 
to read the following, any one else can just delete this mail, as it no 
longer pertains to you.

Thank you for your thoughts. As said above, I am very sorry, although I know 
that in no way can this ever repair the damage to my never existant 
reputation. Please just read the following, and maybe a few more wounds can 
be closed.

I am taking into consideration everything you said, and everything others 
say. Unforetunately, I did not direct people on the list, such as yourselves, 
to my notes on the world of Ryu 1/2 page, which at least tries to differ 
between DC's fic and mine, withoutr giving away any plot that I am trying to 
build towards. If you are interested, it is:

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Spa/3125/fanfic/ryunotes.html

I would like to say that, although everything you said had it's point, and 
most was correct, I do write as a hobby. If you are in Princeton, NJ anytime 
soon, ask my friends, I will be glad to give you their e-mail addresses, that 
I devote a lot of time to my fanfiction because I enjoy writing it so much. 
Most school classes I'm in, if we aren't doing anything in particular, I sit 
down and write! (It is much more interesting than hearing about the newest 
fad or hot male pop star)

I don't know why I think this, but mainly my purpose of posting to the list 
is to spread my idea of what could happen. I like it when people critique my 
work, as I am a new author, and enjoy the responses I get. This makes me a 
better writer. If you have something constructive to say about my fics 
plotwise, nitty gritty, etc, as opposed to "I no longer have respect for you" 
or "This sucks", please send it, as Ross Perot says (I can't believe I'm 
quoting him) "I'm all ears".

To finish up, again, I apologize for my actions. I will never use the FFML or 
fanfiction as a popularity contest, as it shouldn't be, whcih I now know. I 
probably won't put any fics up to get awards anymore, because they are 
currently not the caliber of others, and I can save my self further 
embarrassment. The reason I did this was because I got replies from people 
that it was a really good fic, although people like yourselves say it isn't, 
and just wanted to remind those people to vote. As said before, this will not 
be a problem any longer.

I hope this clears some things up, please respond if you have more flames or 
questions, or with ideas on my prgression.

Arigato minna!

drgdevil@aol.com