I've gotten a couple of notes like that, and all of them were intended as (backhanded) compliments. Okay, most of them were "I hate X, and wouldn't have read it if you'd spoiled labeled your story properly, but actually, I sort of liked your version of X."
Then again, I can't say as I've ever gotten hate mail, or if I have it's been really really subtle. I am sadly inoffensive.
I have gotten the "I never read this pairing/genre/whatever, but I enjoyed yours." Which is fine. It's the "I don't enjoy slash, and I hope I never ever see this pairing again, but the parts without sex were good" that's new to me.
A story that confirms what you're heard about SpongeBob SquarePants is true....
Okay, I am not even clicking on that link, because I just know it's going to be SpongeBob porn and that's just not going to help.
Oh, who am I kidding?
It's very cute. I'm tempted to forward it to a co-worker who swears up and down by the Spongeman himself.
It's the "I don't enjoy slash, and I hope I never ever see this pairing again, but the parts without sex were good" that's new to me.
Kyra actually got that for a Ginny/Hermione PWP, which boggled her and continues to boggle me. Since the parts without sex were ... a sentence?
we comshuked like my shuk had never been commed before.
I'll never look at Coffee On My Moniter in the same way again.
That's one excellent fic.
It's lovely. And I said so. Lorne is such a great character, and so underutilized on the show. Nice to see him getting a chance to shine in fic!