Deleteing comments

Don't ya just love when people delete comments and then they can act like people said whatever they want! Well I don't. It's rather cowardly in fact. "It's my story/blog so only opinions I like are allowed!" Well I have Blogs too! Look at all of my opinions I can put in my blogs!

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>>RaylanKrios No, we're not. For two major reasons.
1) I'm naturally not going to get along with some egotistical highhanded know-it-all who says some of my favorite authors(some of which are far more popular and successful than you) and stories(ditto) are sucky and filled with crappy OCs just because they use rational, logical names and descriptions for their OCs.
2) I'm not the kind of guy who would ever get along with the kind of guy who dismisses valid counter arguments(with a deliberately tongue-in-cheek delivery to avoid butthole-ishness no less) by calling(rather butthole-ishly) the other party a 'troll'.

I assume you downvoted my story, if you haven't why don't you go ahead and do that, then why dont you use your alt accounts to do the same thing, then you can go annoy some one else.

Because I don't have any rule violating alt accounts? Though the fact that you immediately assume other people do is a fairly strong indicator that you yourself probably do. Feel free to file a false report accusing me of it though! I won't be, personally speaking, because I have no evidence to support it. Just a suspicion based on your out-of-left-field accusation. If I think a person might be violating site rules without compelling evidence I prefer not to be an butthole and just say something to them instead of trying to report them and get them banned. I'm considerate like that. After all, they might be making an honest mistake!

I did break a different site rule by posting a chapter consisting entirely of an authors note. I was warned and moved the note to my blog.

Yeah, see... claiming to have made an 'honest mistake' takes zero effort and relies entirely on the other parties giving you the benefit of the doubt. The overall tone of your blog entries and your throwing around of 'troll' to anyone who disagrees with you has completely destroyed any faith I might have had in you and lost you that benefit of the doubt. As well as the credit I was extending you in regards to your stories sitting in my bookshelves. They have been removed. Now, since this site sadly doesn't block replies and alerts from blocked accounts, I'm going to have to ignore future replies from you the old fashion way. Because I do have faith that your replies won't have a valid arguments or counters.

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*EDITED FOR LANGUAGE IN GREEN*
Rules state comments must match the rating of the story and this isn't mature so better safe than sorry.

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*TL:DR EDIT*
>>Drynwhyl Sorry, that was rather long wasn't it? Here is a 'TL:DR';
"No, since you insulted people & stories I like we're not. Not everyone who disagrees with you is a 'troll'. I try to follow the rules instead of breaking them. You have lost all respect from, and credibility with, me. I'm ignoring you now."

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Edited- 1/26/16

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There seems to be a bit of confusion. I don't really care what people think of what I say. I don't care if you agree with me. This is for the sake of transparency. I say what I say and if I'm gonna say it it's gonna stay said. That's it. Period. This is a record and nothing more.

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[Vates Despero]

The Friend They Lost->A Destined Family *Full*-> Comment #34

I had a comment about the story, filled with; content, meaning, concerns, supporting arguments, and references. Then I read the author's responses to people in the comments... and decided I'm not going to waste my time. There are plenty of people on this site that care and legitimately want to improve and write good stuff that I could spend that comment time/effort on.

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*EDITED FOR LANGUAGE IN PURPLE*

Rules state comments must match the rating of the story and this isn't mature so better safe than sorry.

[Vates Despero]

This is new, apparently Kyuubi16 blocked me for pointing out errors(like random species swaps, gender swaps, missing words, and total lack of formatting) in his story because it won't let me post this comment... But I typed it and I'm damn well gonna post it somewhere!

So, comment for Chapter 86: Creature of the Forest! of Friendship is Magic:Equestrian Heroes.

I wonder how many of you remember this from the original version of this fic? XD. Its place in the original timeline was during Boast Busters.

Oh yeah? You saying that it no longer is? Because it clearly is still set right before Boast Busters. All the way from Trixie's flyers and the rumbling in town about her, to Twilight practicing those spells on Spike that he kept referencing as proof that Twilight was better than Trixie... despite Trixie vowing revenge during the jailbreak in chapter 80.

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What's that? Oh, yeah it's me again. I come back from time to read a few more chapters to see if you have actually made any effort to address the many problems that both I and others have repeatedly pointed out, I actually want to like a Naruto crossover. The answer is no. There is still zero scene transitions, which are not optional in any form of storytelling. There are still loads of incorrect gender pronouns, lots of missing words, absurdly high numbers of words that make zero sense in context showing that you flat out used the wrong word, and you are still constantly jumping between pony and anthro.

Yeah, I know I'm the only one to actually read this far after not liking it. I know you're not used to criticism this far in since only people who don't care how badly written it is are still reading... but that is no excuse to not improve. And you haven't. This has undergone absolutely no improvement from my last comment many weeks before this chapter... specifically 33 weeks before. While you delete any comments that don't sing your praises we can still date them based on the surrounding comments. This has the exact same errors and failures with the exact same frequency as before.

[Vates Despero]

Equestria’s Changeling Queen and the Abyssal Empress
Chapter 11

Moreover, chapters 4, 6, and 7 have been added new sections that shed more light on the kelpies’ motivations.

Read them. Didn't change a single dang thing. George breaks into Steve's house while he is out of town on business and slaughters his whole family. It's later revealed that George discovered that Steve's son had raped and murdered his daughter. Steve's neighbor Bob is not wrong in saying that George is the villain. George is not suddenly a good guy.
Revealing motives doesn't change what they did. Yes, the motives given make Empress Squidface not a complete and total monster, but they don't make her actions correct. My problem was never that the Empress was a two dimensional monster without motivation or reason, my problem was that her actions were not justifiable. It is a basic case of the ends not justifying the means. Protecting your citizens and defending your border? Good. Killing every man, woman, and child that crosses your completely unmarked border without warning? Bad. I realize I'm not one of the ones that has been criticizing a lot... but that is because you made it clear in ANs that you didn't care and we should STFU or GTFO. Which of course is more off putting than anything in the story.
The kelpies motives aren't the reason they come across as the bad guys so revealing them sooner doesn't change our impression of them very much.

"Power levels are bullskirt so STFU about the fight! That's why Celestia used the shmitty tactics and primitive abilities of the power level obsessed DBZ! Yes that includes you Vates, with your desire to talk about tactics and skill levels. I don't care that the trained pony defenders showed less tactical sense than a 5th grader playing dodgeball! I don't want a more believable battle! The kelpies are supposed to be so BS overpowered and drowning in plot armor that everyone rage quits at the end when they don't conquer the world!"

This? This is what I heard when I read your ANs and responses to people who didn't listen to said ANs.
I felt insulted by your AN and as if nothing I could possibly say would have any value. That is how it seemed you thought of us as readers based on that AN.

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I am assuming that no one died from the raids(by the kelpies) and are being held as hostages, for no reason at this point.

Yeah, you're definitely assuming that for no reason at this point because the story is pretty clear that they've killed a duck load of people. While they might have some prisoners, 'no one died' is complete lunacy(sorry Luna!).
Ok. But the story explicitly said they killed some of them.

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Edited for... objectionable things... I guess*

I just don't fucking care anymore. I need a fucking drink and several smokes, because this is one of the most soul killing things I've ever done.

[Vates Despero]

Equestria’s Changeling Queen and the Abyssal Empress
Chapter 12

Damn you, Samudra. You were so wrapped up in your self-importance that you left your ponies vulnerable to your death.

Empress Squidface's thought here has no formatting to differentiate it from the narrative. Traditionally that would be italics. We can tell that it isn't narrative but internal dialogue by the way it directly addresses a character. What? Oh hell no, I'm not going to hunt down the spelling of her freaky name. She can just be Squidface... guess I could call her Davy Jones... Cuthuloo? No, tuck it, he can be Squidface too. Darn squid-like people with weird names!
This is missing italics.

Sunset somehow managed to get a telekinetic hold on the railing and stop it, but other kelpies had gotten the same idea.

"However the idiotic unicorns, incapable of defending themselves from a fifth grade dodgeball team, didn't. Making no effort to catch any of the projectiles despite having just seen Sunset do so."

It is stupid than none of the unicorns caught any of the other things thrown at them.

The Empress didn’t attack directly this time, instead Celestia found tentacle like protrusions of water shooting for her from the murky sea, obviously seeking to entrap her and ensnare her.

And here folks we have the single most advanced strategy and spellcraft of the entire original battle. Wouldn't it have been nice to see any of this from the battle hardened war veteran Celestia? Now back to your regularly scheduled and easily dodged ki bolts.
This is from the original and is fancy. The Equestrians used to be boring and unskilled.

Well, I guess we get to see a little bit of that from Celestia after all, now. The unicorns are all still useless brain-dead drains on Equestria's resources but at least Celestia did half decent under disadvantageous circumstances. And hey, some stupidity from Empress Squidface to counter her previous hyper competency! That's always nice. What? You didn't see it? Well, with her size changing abilities she could have easily avoid the flying turtle but instead she foolishly deflected!
Celestia is more skilled now. The empress is no longer perfect, making her more believable.

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Edited for... objectionable things... I guess*

I just don't fucking care anymore. I need a fucking drink and several smokes, because this is one of the most soul killing things I've ever done.

[Vates Despero]

Equestria’s Changeling Queen and the Abyssal Empress
Chapter 12

>>vren55

I mean what can I say to convince you? What can I reveal?

... nothing? I've never complained about the kelpies? Or really criticized them? It was a little annoying seeing the constant defense of them as 'not the bad guys' in the comments but there wasn't really anything wrong with them in the story?
Nothing.

My problem was never that the Empress was a two dimensional monster without motivation or reason, my problem was that her actions were not justifiable.

This is talking about my problem with the kelpies that landed them in the 'villain' role, not a problem with the story. Frankly I was pointing out that people who were labeling them as 'bad guys' because of unclear motives were using faulty reasoning that didn't stand up and thus providing the motive doesn't really change the kelpies' status. They always had a motive and we were going to find out what it was eventually.
That's not what I meant.

And then of course, there's the why should I convince you when you rant at me by misquoting me.

I... didn't misquote you. I didn't quote you at all. Dude, it's been weeks. I don't remember what you said word for word so I can't quote it. To quote something you have to remember every word and the formatting of those words. So I paraphrased what I thought, felt, and heard when I read it... which I do remember.
I didn't.

If I am right, then I see you are furious chiefly at my

Mildly irritated. I was furious then and I just walked away.
I'm not furious.

I write fanfiction for fun. I publish it online because people apparently like to read it. I write because the plot of the story I made is fun at least for me.

I read fanfiction for fun. I read them because I enjoy the plots and the unfolding developments. I comment on the things I read online because I want them to be the best they can be. A plot that doesn't reach its full potential is a sad thing.
Ok.

Sorry if they were worded perhaps improperly, but I was trying to save people time and heartache. Because perhaps I subverted your expectations, perhaps I'm being stubborn, well dude, I can't help it that I want to write the story I want to write!

Again, I don't remember the exact wording but it specifically mentioned power and the wording gave the impression of blowing off any criticism, including constructive, as being power related and thus invalid. When I got to the end of the chapter I wanted to have a rational discussion about the skill level of the Equestrian forces and their tactics, maybe get a feel for the limitations of Equestrian magic in your 'verse.. and instead it felt like I was slapped in the face. Frankly writing a good battle takes at least three people. The author providing word of god and the setting/environment while deciding the ultimate outcome, and a separate individual for each side in the battle. That is the only way to get a truly believable conflict.
Fine.

What would you have me do? Listen to every comment and retool my headcanon, the story setup

Cluck no! That's a terrible idea! Suck man, that's how you get those 'comment driven' abominations. It would be nice if you didn't preemptively blow off any criticism as someone trying to get you to change the actually story, instead of merely suggesting ways to polish the execution or presentation though. And I literally can't stress that 'preemptively' enough so I'm adding an extra sentence just for that.
No.

Call me a Lucas, call me whatever you want, I'm following this creative muse to the end tunnel damn the consequences because i like it and I'd rather do that than betray my own feelings.

And is wanting to talk about ways to make a single battle more enjoyable(and suspenseful) to read and believable without changing its outcome really betraying your muse? Does enhancing a scene without actually changing it really ruin the story or your creative vision?
Does making suggestions really mean asking you to abandon your muse?

I don't blame you for your anger Lancelot, I just wish you I dunno... could direct it at a more productive purpose like the screwed up Public Defender system in the US instead of a Canadian fanfiction writer who just likes publishing fanfiction for fun.

Why does everyone outside of the US assume that cussing equals anger? It took three months for my Filipino stepmother to accept that everyone wasn't constantly furious with her. And I never got no dang PD! I had to defend my own self!
I'm not angry.

>>vren55

But if you continue to keep up with the sarcastic commentary, well you're not helping me.

So you don't want me to phrase thing humorously to add humor to my comments? You want bland, dissmisive, and insultingly blunt delivery instead of jokes and me trying to be nice and entertaining about it? Fine. I'll edit the comment. No more sarcasm, jokes, or light heartedness. I just spent over an hour and a half typing and considering this bucking comment to try to clarify my points and position as much as possible with no room to be misinterpreted and not be insulting, but whatever. I will make my comments souless.
Ok.

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Edited for... objectionable things... I guess*

I just don't fucking care anymore. I need a fucking drink and several smokes, because this is one of the most soul killing things I've ever done.

For the record, I started writing this before he changed his original comment from 'word your next comment more carefully' to 'edit your old comments to comply'. I also edited those old comments before I refreshed and saw that he had made that change. Oh, and... I don't Like/Agree or Dislike/Disagree with comments directed to me. So I don't know who has already Disliked/Disagreed with Vren.

[Vates Despero]

Equestria’s Changeling Queen and the Abyssal Empress
Chapter 12

>>Zervziel Your boy wanted me to edit it. I don't delete what I've said, otherwise you may as well delete the comment. I edited it without deleting.

[The Psychopath]

Annoying, isn't it?

[Vates Despero]

3825134 Damn it! You deleted the first comment too soon! Now I can't have a reply pointing to it acting like you said various horrid and unprovoked thing about me mum!! Now how will I make people think you are being unreasonable no matter how much or little validity your points had?! Readers are sheep who must be deceived as much as possible!!! STOP COCK-BLOCKING MY WEB OF LIIIIEEEEESSSSS!!!!!!

[The Psychopath]

3825467 You have no power here, Vates Despero the Brown.