victory is an elusive whore

[amand_r]

The thing is, given any current time you are bound to feel certain ways, and even though you feel that way now, you won't feel that way forever. So when I say all of these things, I already know that I might feel differently later. I'm always surprised at the number of people who feel the need to tell you that you won't feel a certain way forever

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[amand_r]

Well, the fact is that every story has flaws, and a great deal of the time we know what they are. I usually spot them after posting and go, "man, that was stupid." But see, for me, it's finished. It's done. I did what I wanted to do and I'm ready to move on. sometimes, like with gold dust, I left whole scene in that I could have cut just because I LIKED them. It made me feel better having them in. So when someone points out those flaws you can either say, "Thanks." or "Yeah I knew that" which is what you want to say, but if you do you come off as a prickly wanker.

It reminds me of when you have a blemish on your face, and then someone you hang out with says, "You know you have a zit, right?" One, you already know it's there and that's bad enough, thanks for reminding me. And two, even if you didn't know, it's not like toilet paper on yoour shoe, it's something you can't change or do anything about, it just makes the other person feel bad.

And people who say they want to know? They're few and far between, and I am sure they are out there. But just because they exist doesn't mean that we're wrong in our preferences either. Since when did this become about catering to the personal preferences of one minority and not about Jack Harkness's giant emo manpain/cock?

[rexluscus]

And two, even if you didn't know, it's not like toilet paper on yoour shoe, it's something you can't change or do anything about, it just makes the other person feel bad.

Yes, exactly. What are you going to do - rewrite the story? Nobody does that.

People can point out typos - I can fix those. But saying "I didn't like the pacing/characterization/depiction of ninteenth century hot-air ballooning/big game hunting/whatever"? Fuck off!

[amand_r]

I never get my hot air balloooning right.