On 24 Dec 97 at 5:53, ki'var@firstsaga.com wrote:

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ALSO, I'd like to apologize to anyone who had read the shortfic and found it
too dark for general public consumption.  *sigh*  I think I like OMG! dark.
(Read Dire Fates, people!  Vertigo line comics make for good OMG! mixers.)
Much as I'd like to add the [DARK] tag, Stefan "Twoflower" Gagne's disclaimer
for "Hiroshi and Daisuke are Dead" comes to mind.  Weakling, I am, then.

You don't need to apologize to anyone. Personally I perfer the darker fanfics over the sappy
Ranma-based fanfics. If the people you are talking about don't like them, that's their problem, 
not yours. There's no need for you to feel guilty over it. and you're right, Dire Fates is a great
read. 

I agree., even though it shocked the hell out of me when I got 
further along the fic. Never having read any Sandman, it was quite a 
surprise.
 

I also agree with you about the [DARK] tag. Quite frankly, the people who think something like 
this is really necessary should stay on AOL where they belong....

And, quite frankly,  I think people who engage in the "coolness" 
of AOL bashing are whiners and idiots who are trying to impress 
people by such actions. But maybe that's just me.

Just because *you* think that tags are unneccessary doesn't mean that 
others share the same belief. Myself, I much prefer to know 
beforehand if the fanfic I'm reading is going to take a darker turn 
or not, or if it's a lemon, or anything like that. How about that 
"Kagato's Revenge" fanfic, eh? Doesn't that one just scream for the 
[Pre-teen RAPE] tag? How about Aikan Muyo! (hope I spelled that 
right), a very good fic that deserves a [LEMON] tag, and shouldn't be 
ashamed of it - it's a well-written lemon. Or the one that started 
this, which deserves a [DARK] tag, and again should not be ashamed of 
it - it's well written, and good.

Some people dislike certain types of fics. Tags are a courtesy to 
everyone - a warning sign, if you will, proclaiming to all what lies 
within, so that they can choose for themselves if they want to read 
it or not. I prefer to have that choice.


Derek

PS> What in the world does the [sF] in the header mean? I have no 
clue....