okay, am back.

So I jumped onto tumblr very briefly yesterday to post the FAQ and taglist that I said I would write up (and I’ll edit that as time passes, so that it remains relevant), and I was very heartened to see the (mostly!) very supportive messages in agreement with my actions. I am really glad that so many people think that I have taken the right course of action.

I really don’t wish to dictate to others how they should think or feel or interpret canon yadda yadda. It has been mentioned that, as Sansukh is popular, people are more likely to think of my interpretations. That’s very kind, and I’m incredibly grateful that people enjoy the story and want to hear more of my little ideas. 

Everyone has the right to their opinions and ideas about the characters we love. I do feel that I also should have that same right to interpret canon as I wish. So when I use the words “unfounded ‘criticism’” (- i.e. Someone dictating to me how I should write my story and/or interpret characters or situations), that is what I am referring to. My own interpretation is just as legitimate as anybody else’s, and I have the absolute right to tell the story I want to tell. 

I will make posts that support my feelings, just as anybody else can on their own personal blog. This is not a blog run by a PR company.

I am HUGELY tired of defending myself when it comes to the word criticism. I have linked to many many instances when I have amended my work, or haven’t known an answer, or have mis-remembered a detail in canon and so reported it incorrectly. THAT is concrete and constructive criticism. Pointing out weak pacing, bad syntax, grammar, spelling etc. – that is always very appreciated as well. You only have to scroll through the AO3 comments on Sansukh itself to find a zillion instances of that!

I have changed the entire nature of the story in order to address legitimate concerns (the concept of ‘Ones’ springs to mind: the problematic nature of pre-destined partners was gently made known to me, and so I revised and reworked the whole of Sansukh as a result.)

I am always open to promptings and correction if I reblog or say anything problematic. I do make mistakes. I am also 300% willing to tag anything, so that others have a more peaceful and enjoyable time in fandom. Just ask! I’m not scary in the slightest, I promise: I am an overly-enthusiastic fandom flailer of old. 

However, anons hiding behind the word ‘criticism’ to dictate to me how to interpret and relate characters, events and relationships in my own fic (whilst passive-aggressively upholding their own opinions as the correct and superior way) – I hope you like silence.

If I didn’t take on YOUR “criticism” then it really wasn’t constructive criticism at all, but an attempt to coerce me into your preferred way of thinking. Perhaps you should look into that and examine your actions. The taglist is there. Blacklist away. Be active and responsible for your own dislikes, and block me. 

So. There’s that. And there’s an end to it.