Surprisingly enough, this isn't going to be a flame. (For the most part, I agree with Wanderer's viewpoints.) If flames are what you're looking for, go ask A.o.D. about 2F. ^_^;
- About 2F as a writer:
With the one glaring exception of Ultra, I think his works are good. [shrug] I'm easily entertained, and a good joke is a good joke.
Ultra, however... my big complaint when I stopped reading it were the chapter's monstrous sizes. When a chapter's average size is in the 125K range... @_@;;;
- About 2F as a person:
This may surprise you. I don't hate 2F with a flaming passion. Nor would I suspect that 2F hates me with a flaming passion. The best way to describe things would be to say that communications broke down between us, and neither one of us were particularly eager to set them back up.
Up until The Thread That Turned IFF On Its Ass(tm Alicia Ashby ^_^), 2F and I often disagreed on... well, basically everything. However, we did so in a manner such that we actually listened to each other and respected each other's rights to have different opinions.
Unfortunately, though, our biggest disagreements were on IFF, its problems and what should be done about it.
2F knows that there are people at IFF acting like jerks and generally making things miserable to others. He can't not know; he's sat through some grumble sessions, and I sent him a chat log where an admin and some IFF regulars conspired to yank a part before it was ever written. In his opinion, it's to be expected, nothing can be done, and he turns a blind eye on it. I reluctantly agree about it being expected, but a simple "Hey. Stop flaming the newbie," or an even more blunt "Get a life. It's a FRICKIN' FANFICTION," especially with his pull at IFF, could have done a lot.
It frustrates me that he just turns a blind eye. I can understand his reluctance to get involved in it; I might not have had I not been yanked in to it by the ears. [shrug]
So yeah... when I went batspit on the board, I can understand how he'd turn the IFF crowd against the one loud dissenter.
[shrug]
My position's the same as Wanderer's. If people want to roast any 2F works, I'll have to step aside. Most of his stuff I think is good, and the rest... [shrug] someone might see "W4" in the MiSTing credits and assume that it's a flame-disguised-as-a-MiST.