#i do appreciate comments

Commenter: very good story, may I suggest that Stiles finds a very old book, with powerful spells, that sends him back in time, and stop Kate from burning the Hale house, and kills Kate with his amazing magical powers.

Me: I think you have the wrong story. Stiles doesn’t feature in this story at all.

Commenter: well he was already a small kid, 8 or 9, when his beloved mom died and the Hale fire happened.

Me: I suppose he could be magical in this story since Chris has someone ward Peter’s room to protect him from hunters, but I don’t think time travel is something Stiles will want to mess with (or more likely, is warned off from trying). I wrote the story I wanted. Why don’t you try your hand at the story you’ve come up with?

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If you ever wondered what kind of comment I don’t like on my stories: this is it.

Honestly, this comment comes off as trying to get me to rewrite my story to better suit the commenter’s tastes. And that’s just rude.

I wrote the story I wanted to. I really did. I’m pleased with how it turned out. I don’t need someone hopping on and saying, “Continue it in [a way that I really don’t write or don’t enjoy writing].”

I feel like maybe I’m blowing this out of proportion, but I truly did not appreciate the way this comment comes off as begging for more story, especially by inserting comments that, to me, proved they read the wrong story all along or maybe didn’t read it at all. Or hadn’t read my other works, which makes me question their need to comment and respond to my comment on this story.

I love getting comments, don’t get me wrong. I just don’t appreciate someone reading a story that I’ve completed and have no intention of revisiting, much less in the involved way the commenter suggests, only to receive something to the effect of “More now” as a comment.

(And to add insult to injury, they did not leave kudos–yes, now I’m being petty.)