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Jun. 14th, 2017 09:46 pmHaving said all that, I know you have to follow the American tradition of having to have happy endings, so I know you'll put them together. Which is why I like the original European movies better that the Hollywood remake, there's no quick "....and they lived happily after" I also get that there are lots of people who don't understand what a real relationship feels like.
Ah, hmm. I know my story provokes strong feelings in people, and that it can be easy to get carried away in reviews, but I really don't know how to feel about this comment. 50% of my audience has made it abundantly clear they want to see Jazz and Soundwave make it work, and 50% has been quite vocal for the opposite. I've known for a while that I'm not going to please everyone, whatever happens, but I really don't care for the sweeping generalization of what I'm likely to do because of the race I belong to, such as it is.
Leaving aside the stereotyping, I know writers like to have a Happily Ever After. That doesn't mean the HEA is quick - most certainly in a story now topping 50 chapters in length - or unsuitable. Sometimes people do get HEAs. Many people I know in my own life have HEAs, at least pending further developments. And having suffered through the last 7 years of what anyone could fairly call "a real relationship", complete with money squabbles, lifestyle choices, hurt feelings et al., I'm pleased to report that we stuck it out and are planning a wedding for next spring. So I don't know what she means when people say they don't know what a 'real' relationship feels like, unless they're so young they simply haven't been in one at all, because every relationship in this world is a real one.
It's just condescending and dismissive, and I really don't like it. This is part of a conversation that's been going back and forth for a few rounds now, but I'll elect to not respond at all rather than tell her I found her comments hurtful and offensive. Hence getting it off my chest here.
Ah, hmm. I know my story provokes strong feelings in people, and that it can be easy to get carried away in reviews, but I really don't know how to feel about this comment. 50% of my audience has made it abundantly clear they want to see Jazz and Soundwave make it work, and 50% has been quite vocal for the opposite. I've known for a while that I'm not going to please everyone, whatever happens, but I really don't care for the sweeping generalization of what I'm likely to do because of the race I belong to, such as it is.
Leaving aside the stereotyping, I know writers like to have a Happily Ever After. That doesn't mean the HEA is quick - most certainly in a story now topping 50 chapters in length - or unsuitable. Sometimes people do get HEAs. Many people I know in my own life have HEAs, at least pending further developments. And having suffered through the last 7 years of what anyone could fairly call "a real relationship", complete with money squabbles, lifestyle choices, hurt feelings et al., I'm pleased to report that we stuck it out and are planning a wedding for next spring. So I don't know what she means when people say they don't know what a 'real' relationship feels like, unless they're so young they simply haven't been in one at all, because every relationship in this world is a real one.
It's just condescending and dismissive, and I really don't like it. This is part of a conversation that's been going back and forth for a few rounds now, but I'll elect to not respond at all rather than tell her I found her comments hurtful and offensive. Hence getting it off my chest here.
