All shall love me II: Electric Boogaloo

[rj_anderson]

Further to my recent post on the subject, the original lawful_fic review of The Potions Master's Apprentice has been taken down. The author is reworking the review and plans to post a revised version on Wednesday.

I don't expect she will change her mind about disliking the fic, nor do I even think she should; but it looks as though she did think my complaint had some validity, and plans to make her criticisms more reasoned and careful on the second go-round. Which is good, and all I really ask for.

(Well, that and maybe one really witty piece of snark that I can giggle over, like the bit in the MarySues review about Maud's sense of self-righteousness having its own gravitational pull. That was funny.)

It is no doubt revelatory of my character, however, that when I found the author had taken down the review I felt obscurely guilty for complaining about it.

Comments

Re:

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

I don't know if she's read LOP or not -- if not, though, it's a remarkably infelicitous coincidence.

[ex-ajhalluk585.livejournal.com]

Well, I can assure you that I'm not a sufficiently big masochist to actually invite someone who goes on record as saying
"I cringe at the mention of OC" and " I will not lie and say that I like original characters. For the most part, I loathe them-" to read LOP if she hasn't, especially as she's also indicated that, whether or not she's read it, she finds its major premise highly implausible. So we'll just leave that one as a mystery, I think.

PS I loved the idea in the review that someone must be really repulsive if someone else tried to murder them at school. Given how often people have already tried to kill Harry, what a horror that boy must be!

[lawful-fic.livejournal.com]

No I have not read your fanfiction and it was not an insult on your story. To be honest, I try to stay away from HP fiction that isn't parody, as some authors are too deeply delved into the genre, and there are too many reflecting opinions... example being R.J. and my view on Snape. Yes, I don't like original characters, but this fic was a recommendation sent to me to review. Actually, the person who sent it expressed the same feelings that I have about Maud Moody and the piece in general. R.J. had nothing to do with the request, just simply approved that I review her fic when I asked permission. That is why when she expressed distaste with the first review, I went back and re-worked it, explaining things that I left vague.

As for people trying to kill Harry, the people who are attempting to kill him are not students at Hogwarts.

*sighs loudly*

I was trying to make a comparison fans of HP could comprehend instead of throwing out another Buffy or an anime/manga reference.

If you have something to share about the review, you should post it in my journal so I can know your opinions

[ex-ajhalluk585.livejournal.com]

By all means. It would be wrong to clutter up this lj with it.