It's been over 2 years and I still don't know how to handle this comment......
I wrote a small one-shot less than 1000 words long (my specialty lol) about Ranma 1/2. Specifically how Ranma himself is treated in the anime.
Now, don't get me wrong, there are a lot of things in Ranma 1/2 I'd change, but I chose to write less than 1000 words about Ranma. Just Ranma. (Plus like 3 lines for Akane, too)
This person left a comment TWICE, and the first one was so rude I deleted it. They seem to believe that the whole thing needs to be redone, or just not touched on at all.
Either the entire show needed to change (and the fanfiction needed to be a 200k+ word saga), or I shouldn't have even bothered. At least, that's what their first comment boiled down to, and this one seems to as well.
If I make RANMA upset about his treatment, then I should also write EVERYONE being upset about their treatment.
And "no one splashes Pop on purpose" was a line said by Ranma while he's actively crying and very upset- I wrote it assuming Ranma wouldn't say "except for when I do." (Which is often in retaliation for being splashed first, but not always.) And his father isn't shown to be splashed nearly as often as Ranma. Also, people who know who he is usually still treat him like himself, whereas they often treat Ranma like a girl for kicks. His father doesn't get splashed on purpose out in public like Ranma does, either, iirc. But yeah, people splash Pop, too.
I love getting feedback on my fics. I really, truly do, but not when they seem to say "yeah it's ok, but you need to write the whole series over again or it just doesn't make sense." And, again, the first time they commented it was so rudely worded that I deleted it. I've literally never deleted a comment before or since. Even if someone doesn't like the junk I write, I'd never deleted one before.
This was a quick one-shot meant to vent my frustrations about a single aspect of a series. It was never meant to be an in-depth study on the whole show.
It's been over two years, and I'm.....tired. This comment still bugs me. The comments I get/have gotten over the years have been overwhelmingly positive and I love and appreciate them dearly, but this one still bugs me.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the comment, and maybe I'm overreacting, but......this comment right here bothers me.
