Tagging "Filly Fooling" because of its relevance to this discussion.
Tagging "Filly Fooling" because of its relevance to this discussion.
It seems to be fashionable to criticize Filly Fooling these days, as is evident by the most recent comments. Let me just say that I completely agree that the story took a turn for the worst after the first couple of chapters. The reasons for the decline of the story are actually a bit personal, and I am only willing to discuss them to an extent. Here is more or less why this story took a downturn.
I read this blog post from JustAnotherTimeLord, and it really got me thinking. I had no idea that two of the most popular authors on the site joined merely three months before I did (and that a few people in the top 50 joined after me).