Entitlement bullshit

I just have to RANT!

I recently saw a post on a site I love, a favorite author of some of the best fanfiction I've ever had the pleasure to read, and it sent me into orbit.  Not at the author, not at all, but at the entitlement and expectation of people who read this author's work, and then think they have the right to a) bitch about the content, b) insert their expectations, or c) be a general troll.

I'm always brought back to a favorite expression of my grandmother's, and it's something I'm sure EVERYONE has once heard.  "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all".   Now, this isn't true when it's concerning government, or services you pay for, but when it's something free, creative and you had no part in the genesis of?  Well, if it offends you or you don't like it then just close the page, and go away.  Write your own shit for self-amusement, exactly the way you want it.  Your spewed garbage isn't wanted, needed, or providing any sort of guidance or motivation. 

Want to know why No Competition hasn't been updated?  It's the demanding expectation riddled on Fanfiction.net that stops me from posting.  No sooner do I polish the chapters, then I get some email that just sets my hair on fire.   Honestly, I should just close my FFnet account.

Fanfiction is creative writing.  It's free to read.  It's free to write.  No one profits (well, expect some ego stroking), but overall, it's not a service you pay for.  Even if you donate to support a site, you're NOT paying for the fanfic.  You're paying for access.   

So, to all those readers out there that think they have the right to tell an author they don't like something, or they should write it differently -- no.  You don't like it, go away, write your own drivel.  

/ Rant officially over.