Because here's the thing too--if you can read, there's probably a summary. And from said summary, you can usually figure out if a story is for you. And if not, dude, back button. But don't make some poor writer (or artist, while we're at it) feel bad about something she's writing. Because ok, this one might be not to your taste. Who's to say the next one won't be?
Also, no writer starts out perfect. And I don't think there's a one of us who didn't do cringe-worthy Mary Sue. Hell, I'm still tempted to do it sometimes, although I mostly keep it in my head. Briere and Giroux do NOT want to have a threesome with me, no matter how much I wish it were so, and god knows none of us want to be reading it.
And you know what else (sorry, where did this soapbox come from)? It's a STORY. It doesn't have to be exactly perfect or exactly the way YOU'D write it. Again, if it's not to your taste, move on. Recently there was quite a bit of criticism of a Kane/Toews story where Jonny was a teacher and Pat was a stepdad coming in the school. People were UP IN ARMS because "that would never happen now!!!!" Which is true, but neither are the Hunger Games happening. It doesn't mean someone can't write about it. Suspension of disbelief is a thing, people, I swear.
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Because here's the thing too--if you can read, there's probably a summary. And from said summary, you can usually figure out if a story is for you. And if not, dude, back button. But don't make some poor writer (or artist, while we're at it) feel bad about something she's writing. Because ok, this one might be not to your taste. Who's to say the next one won't be?
Also, no writer starts out perfect. And I don't think there's a one of us who didn't do cringe-worthy Mary Sue. Hell, I'm still tempted to do it sometimes, although I mostly keep it in my head. Briere and Giroux do NOT want to have a threesome with me, no matter how much I wish it were so, and god knows none of us want to be reading it.
And you know what else (sorry, where did this soapbox come from)? It's a STORY. It doesn't have to be exactly perfect or exactly the way YOU'D write it. Again, if it's not to your taste, move on. Recently there was quite a bit of criticism of a Kane/Toews story where Jonny was a teacher and Pat was a stepdad coming in the school. People were UP IN ARMS because "that would never happen now!!!!" Which is true, but neither are the Hunger Games happening. It doesn't mean someone can't write about it. Suspension of disbelief is a thing, people, I swear.