Ok, reality check time.

Some of you, my fellow conspirators, may remember a little collection-of-vignettes style Fullmetal Alchemist Roy/Riza fic I did called All Martyrdom Aside. It's how several of us met, I know.

I still get FFnet reviews on the story sometimes, despite how deeply it must be buried in the archives by now. Most of said reviews are pink and fuzzy and give me affirmation that I did AWESOME with that project. My ego enjoys it.

I say most, however, because of the alert I just got in my email. This reviewer, whose handle and exact message I shall not reveal because he/she would surely be mauled by the Bad Net Grammar Police, didn't "get" the ending.

ZOMGWTFBBLTBBQSMBDYHLPPLZ!!!1!11

The point of the thing is that it's not meant to HAVE an ending. Yes, it has a climax, and a kind of conclusion. But no ending. Vignettes don't really work like that, first of all. Second of all, that was kind of sort of COMPLETELY one of the major messages.

I like to do that in my writing. I like to leave the "happily ever after" mixed with an "ambiguity of the future" feel. However, I fear this storytelling style has been destroyed by the mentality of a generation that has grown up under the shadow of mediocre Disney sequels.

This person wants me to email them back. But I can't think of a single "helpful" thing I could say. Except maybe that they should lay off the reading fanfiction until they learn about (1)Symbolism/Metaphor (2)Literary license (3)non-linear narrative and (4)proper use of the English language.

*headdesk*