Oh dear

[owl]

So two out of the three reviews I got for Things We Can't Untie on ff.net accused me of writing St Charlie and Bad Don.

I was more shooting for Confused and Unhappy Don and There Is a Reason I'm Outta This Job Megan. Charlie wasn't even in the fic, although of course the issue was going to come up.

I do hate it when I fail so miserably at getting across what I mean in fic. And of course the negative reviews are all anonymous so I can't reply to them.

I do think that Charlie is closer to right than Don in this case. Don's rulebending is in the direction of interfering with suspects' civil rights, while Charlie's is in support of freedom of speech. Looks like ff.net is full of neo-cons, then.

Comments

[owl]

Oh, good! I'm glad that Don is coming off as sympathetic to someone anyway. Poor thing, he's all hurt and angry and doing that thing where he feels guilty for things Charlie's done (which is canon). And Megan doesn't say anything until Don goes on the defensive and snaps her head off.

And it's not like I don't like Don. I really do, even though I have a slight preference for Charlie. But I find Don easier to write; Charlie's thought process is a little intimidating.