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I'm not offended, but I do think this question is so subjective as to become irrelevant. I don't think my opinions should carry such weight, on one hand, but on the other, I would not give anything such an extravagant rating. It's not telling anyone why I liked it. I can only speak to things that please me. I like plot. I like complexity and authors that are in love with language. I like authors that respect and stay as close to canon concepts as possible, and who do not write a character so out of character as to be unrecognizable. I like dialogue that's realistic and fluid. I like authors that bother to research things they write about. I like authors that grasp that "adult" does not mean pornographic or filled with gratuitous violence. I like authors that don't feel the need to spoon feed me every detail, who encourage me to use my own vivid imagination and who paint word pictures capable of allowing me to do just that. Obviously, if someone is only looking for something light, or just some PWP, my rating isn't going to help them very much.

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I would consider that example a fair citation, and allow it. Of course, if you used the song again in another chapter, it would need citing again. As far as the links, while I'll defer to the admins on a final call, I would advise that those links be confined to a review reply thread or similar venue, and the same for playlists.

Another factor that can make looking for such an extreme number of votes is that some fandoms simply do not generate that level of participation by readers. Harry Potter, Naruto, or anything in Originals involving vampires, weres or both will have a large number of readers. But there are many wonderfully written works in smaller fandoms where getting a dozen votes is high praise indeed. Your mileage may vary, but I prefer quality over popularity. Not that there aren't good fictions in those popular categories, but they're not as prevalent at the ratings would have you believe.

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Thank you! And yes, he's as much a pawn thus far, isn't he? It's a brutal business...

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I had to edit mine. It's "best" and not "beast" as I had it...

Thank you! Politics among the fey is treacherous at best, but he's learning!

LordDBurroughs has not deleted his account although he has pulled all his stories for rewriting, including The Games We Play.

::snaps fingers in appreciation::

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The forum is equally safe.

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And the main webpage is no better. As I said, multiple ways to report a website, none to point out to Google that they screwed up. I guess Google is perfect, huh?

Bookmarking that so I can be annoying on Monday.