Flames: say no

["Myself03" <myself03@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey,

First of all i just wanted to remind people of one little thing that can be found on the Welcome message:

Now, a few things i have to get out of the way before i make a list FAQ: i'll adopt a no flamming policy.People have different opinion, 
but we don't have to be rude in order to express them.

So, what i'm trying to say is that we're trying to keep the lists and the authors flame free...If you don't like the way one fic is going or the pairing, or anything like that, just press the delete buttom, i know i do (well, i do to the spam mail_how they get my e-mail is beyond me_, but still...).Just try to remember that the author that is writing a B/F or W/T or S/W or B/T (i can dream...) today may write/have written a W/B tomorrow/yesterday ....well, they will if i have any saying in this, i (and my personal selection of leather acessories ; ) can be very convincing ...

Now, let's get a little serious.I know that there are some people (very few, i believe) that aren't happy about the fact that there are non-W/B fics being posted on the lists, and i'm sorry you feel that way, but they will keep on coming(if the authors still think we're worth reading them).I know that some of you may be thinking something along the lines of "Hey, I didn't subscribe to a B/F or T/W list and i sure as hell don't wanna see it in the Buffyloveswillow/Buffywantswillow list", and i respect your opinion, you have the right to be upset, after all it is a B/W centered list, but what you have to keep in mind is that even though some non-W/B fics are posted, in the end of the day this is still all about Buffy and Willow...They're still the main thing in these lists.

More than a year ago there were very few(i can count them on my fingers kind of few) fics centered around this couple.I used to spend hours in front of the computer typing all kinds of word combination in various search engines hoping to find B/W fics, and needless to say, i didn't have much luck...I could mark the days there were new stories on Pink Rabbit as the highlight of my year, and for a long time that's the way things went...Then came the middle/end of the third season and things started changing, the yet to be assembled fans , gained two new author(besides or to most respected and loved ones, Janine and Pink) , we got Badbarb(we left us in search of rl) and Pat, who is still going strong and that has become one of the most passionate writers the W/B fandon has ever had.

Now, some of you may be wondering why i'm saying all of this, but it's just that it'll help me illustrate my point, and i'll use Pat as an exemple.Okay, so for a long time Pat was the W/B ship main writer, almost every day we had a new Pat fic in our mail boxes, be it a part of The Becoming one series or one of his terrific one-pieces.This went on for quite some time, during which he was able to make us fall in love with his writing.Then, time came and things changed, he felt the need to break away from the couple, at least for awhile, and started the B/F and W/T fics...Now, i won't say i was happy about it, i'm one of the people that want him back in the W/B side and i tell him that every time, but just because he is no longer writing about the pair i support i won't simply stop reading his fics...In the end it's still Pat writing, and no matter which pair he's writing about , i will still admire it and i think that others will too, even the die-hard B/W fans like myself...The guy got talent, and that's something worth sharing...

The truth is that we have many talented writers on these lists, writers that take their time to write great stories.Stories that can make us laugh, cry, get excited, stories that make us feel...Unlike Joss or Jane or anyone else these people aren't getting paid to do that, they're doing it because they like it and because they think others may like it too. Now do you really think that these people , people that always manage to cheer us up with their stories, deserve to be flamed because they sometimes like to write about different couples? Gosh, i was channeling a school teacher...

In the end what i'm trying to say is , before you go around complaining or sending flames try reading the fic first, try to pay attention to the plot instead of the ship, keep an open mind, and if in the end you still don't like what you read, just press the Del buttom and everyone will live happily ever after.And if you want the writer to center on your fav ship, try begging instead of flaming...it usually works a lot better...

Well, i hope that we can get past the flame discussion and go back to our friendly envirement(?) 

See ya 
Behave
I'm off to do some Kim begging, now that she said that there would be a W/B end she can't just say that she's pulling the plug on that part...I'm kidnapping her till she changes her mind(well, we'll be doing other things to, but that's personal...well, not really...)