gwyn | Ending, schmending (Reply)

It must just be my general sense of failure lately or something, but some of the few responses I've had to the new story just really... got me down. In a way that I know I shouldn't be down about, but sometimes you just can't control it, you know? What few comments I've had outside this LJ were based around wanting a sequel -- which, you know, okay, people like something enough, they demand a sequel even though it makes no sense for the story, but do they have to say things like "that's not an ending, we need a sequel"? Or "we need a sequel to make the ending better" when you felt like the ending was pretty kick-ass on its own? I haven't been deluged by these, it's just a few people, but still... When you feel like you can't get arrested already, stuff like that kind of ends up feeling less like flattery than punishment.

Remind me again why I write fanfic? Oh, right, it's "fun." I must be PMSing or something, because normally this kind of stuff doesn't bother me. Usually I'm miss perky if anyone even says anything at all, good or bad. I need to remember my own advice -- fans are weird.

ETA -- but hey, now I'm feeling less grumpy because tzikeh made me funny gay pants icon! Love the gay pants.