Hm, concrit or stupidity?

[azurite]

atlantian_magic isn't the only one receiving dumb reviews lately. But I'll let you be the judge. Here's a review from the latest chapter of WDKY: From: Libby ()

okay ur story was good at first. Notice the words 'at first'. But ur dragin this along was too much honey! Get to the real stuff... get to da point. Stop with this drag, ur losin my intrest and mabyr e of others to, buh I can only account for me. Don't take this in a negative way cuz I'm just tryin to help, make da story better en all...

I have known since Chapter *4* that WDKY would be 36 chapters. I have ANNOUNCED it on a multitude of occasions, and responded to a variety of reviews that wondered if the story had a real direction, if I had it all planned out, or if I had some sort of release schedule.

For and on the record, and in nice, emphasized, easy-to-see lettering: My Yu-Gi-Oh fanfiction 'What Doesn't Kill You' is planned to be 36 chapters long. It will have *2* sequels, with at least one of equivalent length (Circle of Seven). The story is COMPLETELY planned out, though individual chapters are not yet in prose form, or postable format. I am not "dragging out" anything, as timing is crucial to the events and characters of WDKY!

And frankly, I don't give a rat's ass with its two shits about some reviewer's "loss of interest." WDKY is meant to be long, relatively realistic in terms of character development, and no fluffy piece of Azureshipping. There is drama, there is angst, there is violence. And whatever you think you know about the story, you're either wrong, way off base, or completely in the dark about the truth. Whatever you've seen, read, heard, sensed or anything else inbetween will come in bigger doses, for better or for worse. That means more violence, more angst, more drama, more action, more steam!

It's impossible for me to make every chapter filled with action! drama! steam! angst! and all that other good stuff. I can't possibly write (nor would I expect readers to want) cliffhangers every chapter. WDKY is NOT meant to be a story you can just swallow in one gulp. I have intentionally made some chapters longer than others, more dialogue driven or more narrative-driven. I have left loose ends open for you to discover and explore. THIS IS ALL INTENTIONAL!

This is not an essay. I am not dodging the inevitable, which is that the story has to end somehow, and that Seto and Téa have to get together for real, all other obstacles aside. Sorry folks, life doesn't work like that, and neither do I. There is no singular "point."

STFUKTHXBAI.