So that happened. · 8:07am Feb 26th, 2018
I finally got the time to do my usual late-night writing, and what happens? I refresh the stats page, and somebody turned their like into a dislike, and untracked the story. Not bashing on them or anything, but helpful criticism is a lot better than just leaving me to try and figure out what went wrong after seeing a downvote materialize. :P
Tis how it is, mine friend. 99% of negative feedback hath a zilch less than zero constructive criticism in it. And if 't be true the naysayer appeareth in thy feed... for a change and thou askest, what exactly they dislike, they simply vanish.
I think I have a guess. My guess is that they were somewhat miffed by the fact that this latest chapter basically turned this fic into a stealth Friendship is Optimal fic, and they didn't like Friendship is Optimal. I am also not a fan of Friendship is Optimal, nor am I a fan of stealth-crossovers or stealth-AU fics. I probably won't down vote the story but I'm probably going to stop following it.
4805641
i dont see it
4805645
Celestia AI, virtual world where you have no memory of the real world, Utopia exists but only through mass suppression of old personalities, effectively resulting in identity-death of the old self. The parallels are pretty obvious to me.
4805662
Eh. I see where you're getting this. Though, the Celestia ai that was mentioned was supposedly a failed version that would later become discord.
4805641
And honestly, I actually forgot that FiO was a thing. Do you think I should go back and edit the chapter to tone it down a notch, or should the next chapter elaborate and explain the details a bit more? 'Cause FiO is definitely not the direction this story is heading.
It's probably something with them, maybe. That or maybe they just don't like the story.
4805641
I've since edited and republished the chapter in question to further elaborate and clear up the reference to Friendship is Optimal. Would it be alright if I asked for you to give it a re-read? I didn't mean for the chapter to be a turn-off, nor did I realize that it was starting to enter Friendship is Optimal territory.
4805739
I'll give it a look.
4805916
Thanks for giving the story another chance. ^_^