A/N: I would like to start by saying that I have greatly appreciated how many of you all have given me so much support and positive feedback. It is very humbling and motivating. Unfortunately there have also been a few less then friendly reviews as well. While I understand that we all open ourselves up to this sort of thing when we decide to put ourselves out there with stories we decide to write I still find it a bit sad how critical and unkind some people can be. In the "real" world my career puts me in a position where I manage people. There are many times that I have to talk to one of my employees about something that they could have done better in their job performance. My job as their manager is not to tear them down with unnecessary destructive criticism, but to ensure they walk away from the conversation learning something and with some ideas on how to improve or correct the issue. If I just pointed out everything that I felt they did "wrong" or I didn't like they would never improve nor would my department or company benefit. There are over 14,000 stories in the Grey's Anatomy category on this site, not to mention if you filter it down to stories that include Arizona and Callie, you are still looking at over 2,000. In many of these stories you can find similarities, whether it be similar storylines, some similar dialogue, etc. It does not mean that any of these authors are stealing things from other authors, it just means when you have that many stories, there is bound to be some crossover. Not to mention these stories are based on pre-existing characters that were created by the very creative team that works for Shonda! It was pointed out to me that another author may stop reading my story because they may have an issue with the fact that I use the nickname Bear for Teddy in my story and this author also uses said nickname for Teddy. First off never my intention to cause any overlap there, but I guess that means that the first person who used Battleship, Zona, Ari, Phoenix, etc, as nicknames for Arizona is the only one allowed to use those nicknames! Secondly, even though Theodora is not a common name, it has a family history for me. My great aunt, who is an awesome woman, is named Theodora (Teddy) and we grew up calling her Aunt Bear, so this holds some love for me. I grew up from grade school all the way thru my college years playing organized sports pretty seriously and in that world you are either know by a nickname or by your last name, that is where the nickname theme in my story comes from, it is what is familiar to me therefor it shows up in my writing. While I appreciate people who want to give me constructive feedback, i.e. ideas or direction of where to take the story I greatly appreciate that, but if you just want to tear apart the story and give me all the reasons you aren't going to continue reading the story than save it and just stop reading the story. I do not need to know why you have stopped reading, like I said there are plenty of other stories for you to read. This site offers quite a diverse group of people, some that write for a living and some who just enjoy writing as a hobby, and we should be respectful to each other no matter what the motivation for writing may be. Alright end of my rant, I wish you all love, kindness, and understanding!
