Because I was Blocked · 10:12pm Aug 15th, 2014
This is what failed to get sent. It all started because of a stupid grammar correction gone TOO FAR!
(On suggestion by Shadowflash.)
First off; explanation into the belated reply. Your PM had caused me to reconsider your character. From the comments, I came to the conclusion that you had a bit of a superiority complex and looked down on me for pointing out something I feel is a simple error. This, of course, raised my ire, causing me to go on and write bit of a vindictive and petty comment. However, upon reading this PM I decided to sleep on the matter and cool off.
I suppose I could be considered a pedant, I like paying attention to the little details and nuances of grammar rules. I make it into some sort of challenge, trying to pick out everything I can and then researching stuff I miss or get wrong. I know I am not the best editor but I strive to be better and I see now that my methods can come across as pretentious.
I feel the issue of capitalization after a question mark or exclamation point contained within a quoted block of text and my response to it is where the animosity started. Being told I was wrong caused me to start researching as is my habit. I wanted to know how such cases should be handled so I would not make that mistake in the future. After writing the response comment, I could not think how to make it sound as if I was not being an asshole over a small grammatical error. To me, it was like pointing out some simple logarithmic rule that was interpreted incorrectly, to which I provided some excerpts from my research.
The conversation spiraled down from there.
I do not like feeling animosity for other users on a site built for the purpose of sharing fan fiction about My Little Pony, it seems wrong. Do with this what you will, it is my attempted rationalizing of events and my feelings on them.
The other user is meant to be anonymous. Now I will have to think of something else to post to get this off my page after a couple days. Ugh, I hate thinking of stuff to write.
