User blog comment:AMysteriousFanficReader/What is the worst fanfic you ever read?/@comment-2175012-20170928141824/@comment-31563773-20170930145229

Austin, I think you're forgetting about the general definition of fanfics. Stories the fans write are entirely fictional and may or may not even occur canon-wise. While some like to make their approach as close to that of the show as possible, it becomes tedious or almost non-existant as a fic's maturity rating goes up. Plenty of T-rated, and in particular M-rated fics make the characters in a new light that's almost impossible to see them as. But, that doesn't make the story bad. What will make a story bad is if its execution isn't good, poorly written, etc. It's very funny that you still think I'm trying to be close to the show, but that option went out the window the moment I started adding realism into it. If I wanted to write something more close to show's theme, I'd write up another K-rated fic (and I have a few ideas to do once one of these stories is finished). In fact, we talked about that the last time you gave a review of said fic.

To Epsilon, I'll help you understand the whole issue with why the reason behind the fight wasn't talked about in their sessions: it was already covered that the whole thing was due to a moment of anger. When someone is outright pissed, you don't think, you just act. And if you have enough anger to enact physical violence on the person who pissed you off, unless someone can talk you out of it, nothing is going to stop you from going to town on them until you finally come to your senses. Explaining why someone went into a blind rage wouldn't add much to the plot, as everyone is well aware of the fact doing so had extreme consequences. Some things aren't any simplier ot explain. Though if you want a more direct explanation, it's in the very first chapter. The girls were already very tense before they set their sights on Lincoln, and the boy ticking them off even further didn't help matters despite him having good reasoning behind it. As of chapter 18, Lincoln was already fearful that they probably wouldn't stop pummeling him until he played dead so to speak. The sessions themselves are made to help people understand the reason WHY the sisters act they way they do in the show. Why does Luan go crazy on April Fools Day? Why does Lisa also do these morally questionable experiments? Why do people view Luna as the closest sister to Lincoln constantly? Stuff like that.

Someone asked me if Worth would have the family go see a psychologist over the whole issue. My response was it's hard to justify stupidity other than the fact someone didn't have enough brain cells to use common sense. Also, clearly all of them have deep seeded issues with one thing or another, and the fact it's been shown a couple times in the show that the girls have a lack of communication when it really matters, that really needed to be touched upon. While I haven't focused on Lincoln like you may have liked to see, I shifted focus away from him because it's clear enough that being in the same room with his sisters (sans Lily) will send him into a panic, and the fact he keeps having nightmares about them is also another bad sign. Plus, said fear is feeding into a guilt complex, making him question is self-worth (and hinting Lincoln also has a few issues he doesn't talk about, or tries to ignore). If you want me to touch further upon Lincoln's fear, I'll gladly do so. But keep in mind, when someone has a phobia, their reaction varies.

And to both Austin and Esp, I wonder how you both came to the conclusion that I wanted you to feel sorry for the girls. I'm guessing expressing someone's guilt is supposed to automatically make people feel sorry for them. That, is complete bull. If you royaly screw up something, you reap what you sow and have to suffer the consequences. Even if people feel sorry for you at first, they eventually will stop feeling pity for you and just act like you don't exist. That's exactly what happened to Lucy after chapter 5 as an example. So no, you're NOT supposed to feel pity for them. Feel free to hate on them all you want. It's realistically hard to feel bad for someone whose done something terrible. That's like pitying a teen who went and shot up his school because he was being bullied. Heck, some still hate Lynn in Worth even though she's starting to take steps that would lead to self-harm. Yeah, the girls Lincoln apart over a petty reason, but given that the kids fight over petty stuff like a seat, money, cereal, vacation spots, in my honest opinion, it's only a matter of time before they end up doing something REALLY stupid that would legitimately cost them.

On a side note, I view Worth as a NSL fic intended to fix where other NSL fics went wrong, or were done poorly.