LOL, that's okay - you know I don't mind the tl;dr, especially considering I tend to indulge in it myself :P You did take the long route in answering my question, but I wanted to know why, and that's rarely easily explained.
I wonder if you'd feel differently about editing your story if it was already said and done, and had been for awhile? You made mention of "slow pokes like me tend to change over time" re: attitudes about this sort of thing. That's called growing up, my friend ;) and there's nothing wrong it it.
I, personally, think editing whole swathes of scenes out of an ongoing fic is unfortunate - especially if you feel its something done well, and treated it like an experiment anyway - but that's because I like to have some tangible measure of my writing/stylistic progress. There are experiments I've released into the wild that worked, and some that didn't, but because all of those works are complete, I have no real urge to edit or "fix" them. *shrug* Like I said, its just a personal preference. Ultimately, you should only have out there what you are comfortable with, and if you aren't comfortable with lots of citrus (however unnecessary), then by all means take it down.
Incidentally, I also view citrus-writing as something of an intellectual exercise. I try not to write the same scene twice, and its certainly challenging to find new ways to write about what is essentially the 'same old thing'.
As for asexuality and fandom support ~ I think a lot of people who spend a great deal of time online turn here precisely for social support. The internet hivemind is more savvy, in general, than meatspace, because we're all weird and feel we don't fit in and want to find others like us :P Its not just the creative types, either. I've seen this topic pop up on all sorts of forums, not just the fannish.
I wonder if you'd feel differently about editing your story if it was already said and done, and had been for awhile? You made mention of "slow pokes like me tend to change over time" re: attitudes about this sort of thing. That's called growing up, my friend ;) and there's nothing wrong it it.
I, personally, think editing whole swathes of scenes out of an ongoing fic is unfortunate - especially if you feel its something done well, and treated it like an experiment anyway - but that's because I like to have some tangible measure of my writing/stylistic progress. There are experiments I've released into the wild that worked, and some that didn't, but because all of those works are complete, I have no real urge to edit or "fix" them. *shrug* Like I said, its just a personal preference. Ultimately, you should only have out there what you are comfortable with, and if you aren't comfortable with lots of citrus (however unnecessary), then by all means take it down.
Incidentally, I also view citrus-writing as something of an intellectual exercise. I try not to write the same scene twice, and its certainly challenging to find new ways to write about what is essentially the 'same old thing'.
As for asexuality and fandom support ~ I think a lot of people who spend a great deal of time online turn here precisely for social support. The internet hivemind is more savvy, in general, than meatspace, because we're all weird and feel we don't fit in and want to find others like us :P Its not just the creative types, either. I've seen this topic pop up on all sorts of forums, not just the fannish.
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