Alan Harnum:

Hey, Mr. Critic,

Your comment was not C&C.  It was an expression of personal POV about
fics, one that nobody asked you about.  Its one thing if you float
that comment on its own.  Its a different matter if you post it in
response to somebody's fic.  Its bad form to do so.  It can easily
be construed as a "You suck" comment, and some may take offense.

Actually, Gubby's post was C&C.  It was his commentary on why he would
never read WUE, and he is perfectly entitled to it.  I don't take
offense at what Gubby says; negative commentary is part of the price an
author pays for writing.

Now, I do not say that Gubby's commentary was well thought-out, useful
or influencing.  However, it was commentary of a sort, and I don't
object to it.

Quoteth The Critic:

Ah, now I remember why I never bothered with this series. It's a 
continuation fic, and those automatically get deleted.

How is that commentary on WUE?  That's a commentary on continuations.
That's an assertion of his world view that really doesn't have 
anything to do with the fic, thinly covered up as commentary.
  
Let's say I read one of Zen's works and went off on a tirade about 
how Akane and Ranma would never break up.  That really isn't C&C.  
That's an assertion of my world view that is thinly wrapped up as
an OOC critique.  I find that to be pointless, rude, and not in
the spirit of what C&C is meant to be.  Mind you, even if I disagree
with Zen's premises, I still believe his work to be worth reading,
just out of its quality and intensity.  

Any piece can be improved.  Not everything can be fixed.  Just as
I can't tell Zen to stop doing his thing, as it would take away 
the whole basis for some of his works, Gubby cannot tell people to
stop writing continuations.  He's entirely welcome to tell people
how to make them better, but he shouldn't tell them to throw away
their idea in its entirety.

-skeezy5