[meh, authorial intent-- or, The Emperor Never Had Any Clothes In The First Place!]

Oh man. You could tell I'd buzz like a bee to honey on this-- but apparently, oulangi's snarky/brutally honest Harry/Snape reviews are getting some more attention now after they'd been recced. And of course, to state my position outright: um, she's like my reccing hero. I wish I could be so carefree, but I seriously couldn't handle the negative/other attention, nor do I want to debate people's fics with them & have them resent me, so I settle for talking in generalities. Hey, works for me! :P
    The actual point here is, apparently, that now the writers themselves have been coming to her journal to explain and 'defend' themselves from her 'charges'.

This is just human-- I mean, if/when I (rarely) get public concrit, if it's at all intelligent, I accept the parts that make sense to me and explain myself with the parts I thought the reader may have been missing-- just not noticing-- in their reading. Even though it does hurt me to get slapped with the 'painful reality: wake the hell up!' sticker-- I take it because I care about my writing and what my readers think. I have feelings, and I care about those of others-- they just aren't paramount. And any degree of crit could never make -me- stop writing H/D because I'm self-aware enough to realize how difficult it was, how far I have to go, etc: basically, because I think it's absolutely vital for a writer to be aware of their own flaws! Essential, really. Otherwise you're pretty much a blind man in a house of mirrors.

    I mean, this isn't about writing for fun vs. writing for-- what-- not!fun, pain&woe. This is about having a grip on reality enough not to make a fool of yourself, to me.
    ( Reena the Ranty-pants strikes again, mi amigos... )