Certain things are required for me to respect your review

[seventhe]

Dearest Anonymous Reviewer:

I think that you were giving us crit?, or at least trying to point something out about the FFVIII gameworld that you believe we missed*. Hey, FFVIII can be a confusing game. We've got a good handle on the background, but I'm always interested in what other people may have seen in the game, as well as critique or suggestion. No problems there.

However? If you want to actually give some kind of legitimacy to your suggestion?

You might want to spell the names of the three Gardens correctly.

Somehow, if you don't even know how to spell Balamb, Galbadia, and Trabia, I really don't think you know more about how Garden works than we do.

A typo is one thing. "Tribira" is another.

Our story's right there. The names are in there. You just read them (supposedly).


* Never mind that your suggestion, once I figured out what you were saying, didn't make any sense (1) at all and (2) in the context of our story and what we had done with SeeD moving forward from the end of the game.

Comments

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. VALID COMMENT? I THINK NOT.

[fireholly.livejournal.com]

Considering I come from one of those fandoms which is so thickly complex with trivial, extraneous information that people feel the need to shout it out at every possible opportunity to prove that they're paying more attention than everyone else (AN - HOMG SOLID SNAKE DYES HIS HAIR, LIKES SAUNAS, AND HIS FAVOURITE FOOD IS BLUEBERRIES AM I SMART YET) I am really, really sick of that whole attitude.

So add that whole goddamn can of stupid to a general 'hur hur i'm an idiot' can of stupid and what do you have? STUPID PIE.

I'm quite alarmed that people like this actually exist and comment on things, and can only express my utter pity and concern.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Added bonus: I am fairly sure that when I sat down and actually figured out what they were trying to say, it was wrong. Potentially wrong in the context of FF8 itself, and definitely wrong in the context of our fic.

STUPID PIE WITH A TOPPING OF WHIPPED FAIL.

I hate when people do that, though. "Don't you know that if you go into the secret bonus room, do the secret bonus dance, and then read the computer, it tells you that Quistis' favorite kind of dessert is definitely dark chocolate? YOU NOOB."