Someone called wank early, so I'll rise to the occasion.

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ladybirdsleeps decides to make a Johnny Paycheck reference.

I've seen a lot of ranting about authors who will squeal in outrage if you so much as point out a typo. This rant is not about them. It's about their mirror images: the people who think their con-crit is a gift from God.

Look, twit -

You are not fulfilling a heavenly duty when you give con-crit. You are not going to save fandom. You are not going to save even one author's soul. What you're doing is giving advice, and if you're offended that some authors disagree or just don't want your advice, you need to remove your head from your ass, STAT.

There are a lot of reasons that someone might not want advice from strangers. Here are some I can think of off of the top of my head:

* The stories they're posting are old so most advice they would get would be outdated.

* They only want con-crit from trusted fellow writers or friends.

* The con-crit they've received in the past has not been helpful.

* They don't want to deal with your bruised ego if they don't follow your advice or dare to reply saying that they disagree.

If you're one of those people who are running around insulting authors just because they didn't take time out of their busy lives to rewrite a story you gave con-crit for or because they simply said in their author's notes that they don't want con-crit? You're the one with an ego problem, so STFU.

Responses vary, from wordpies to Furby overlords.