Something tells me that this debate is not new - but isn't your lj the place where you can say pretty much whatever you feel like?

And if Stef is one of the Reich-Ranickis of Fanfic - that should be a reason for her to not speak her mind? Why? And, excuse me, but every author, and that certainly includes people who write stuff like Over and over, Angel slid his way home into the only place he felt truly alive. Inside his beautiful childe should be prepared to be criticized. If you aren't, don't publish.

Kathi