[FFML] [fanfic][Sailormoon] Moonshadow, chapter 20

[Brian Randall]

And a somewhat rarer example of an admin saying hello to remind you
all to play nice.

No flames, peoples; let's all play nice and make sure that any on-list
responses to Lurker's fic actually contain comments and criticism.
And if you are provoked, don't escalate in response ... that's what
the admins are here for. ^_^

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Peter Ahlstrom
<ahlstrom.peter.f at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ouch. Well, I deserved that. I shouldn't have held a grudge against you for
> so many years for that rude email you sent, since you're just some guy on
> the internet. Though, you've not actually demonstrated you're any less of a
> jerk, as you never apologized for your rude comments to your readers--you
> merely said that you now see their point and will adjust things accordingly,
> which is not the same thing at all. But it does show a certain amount of
> growth and maturity.
>
> I do think you're making the right choice here (in one respect), since if
> the characters in their own world are speaking Japanese all the time, it
> only makes sense to either write every line of dialogue in Japanese or write
> them all in English translation, as they're not speaking some hodgepodge
> (though I have heard quite a few people in real life speak Spanish & English
> or Tagalog & English in this fashion). But on the other hand, if your only
> goal is to write for your own amusement per the character voices in your
> head, which do speak in a hodgepodge of Japanese and English, continuing the
> hodgepodge is perfectly fine as it fills your goal. But then I realize
> that's what you're doing, with your two concurrent versions, so you're right
> that everybody wins.
>
> As for being a reader or a writer, both of us wear both hats at different
> times. Being a writer only and not a reader would cause a writer to tend
> toward stagnation.
>
> Peter
>
> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:42 AM, Mythril Moth <mythrilmoth at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
>
>>
>> And here we have a rare example:
>>
>> A writer goes out of his way to show he's trying to be more responsive to
>> his readers and less of an asshole; i.e., growth and maturity.
>>
>> And then we have a reader who goes out of his way to show the entire FFML
>> he's become *more* of an asshole.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>>
>>
>> ==================
>> Mythril Moth
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Brian Randall
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Who finds that telling people he's mature is not the best way to demonstrate it.