I also like the subject line. Perhaps you should just rewrite D&L with Maud as Jadis. Oh, wait -- that's the Margot fic. Never mind. :)
As far as the review goes... certainly, the story can't be for everybody. But people who write reviews that go beyond "Squeee!" or "Gross me out!" ought to take the time to read deeply and completely, avoiding preconceptions and assumptions.
And even if it is the reader who's supposed to love Maud (I'm not sure it is, being that having every character fall in love with her is a typical Mary Sue ploy), is there supposed to be something wrong with creating characters who are appealing to the reader? Or whom somebody in the story likes?
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Date: 2003-03-22 09:47 am (UTC)As far as the review goes... certainly, the story can't be for everybody. But people who write reviews that go beyond "Squeee!" or "Gross me out!" ought to take the time to read deeply and completely, avoiding preconceptions and assumptions.
And even if it is the reader who's supposed to love Maud (I'm not sure it is, being that having every character fall in love with her is a typical Mary Sue ploy), is there supposed to be something wrong with creating characters who are appealing to the reader? Or whom somebody in the story likes?
Oh well.
E.H.S.