I'm sorry if you were expecting a new chapter... it's not done yet. But I needed to address this issue. I apologize to all of my readers and if your user name is NOT dhh, then you've got no reason to read this. I will delete this once I've finished my newest chapter. Not exactly the best way to start out the new year or the best way to score some good karma points, but when I'm angry, I'm angry.

Author note:

Okay, this kind of nonsense is exactly why it's hard to start writing again. I haven't updated Prediction of the Pink in months because of school. Junior year is NOT easy. It's downright stressful. And today, I had the pleasure of receiving this review, my first in about one month:

"YOU know, it's SICK of you to have a 7yr old RAPED and then have Ryuichi SAVE him but still have him prostitue himself?! I mean, that MAKES no sense..You're really ** UP!!"

Let's dissect this review that was given to me by the honorable dhh. First of all, Shuichi was not raped at seven years old. Mistake one. Yes Ryuichi "saved" Shuichi. But did Shuichi prostitute himself because he wanted to? Did he make the conscious decision to go down this particular career path because he wanted some pocket money? NO. Mistake two.

It "makes no sense"? How about Shuichi has amnesia? How about, I have never revealed EXACTLY how he was FORCED into prostitution? How about once he gets his memories back, that WILL be explained? I'd have to say all of these statements are true, because I plan on disclosing this information in the upcoming chapters. Mistake three.

Is it sick of me to write Shuichi as a prostitute? Am I fucked up? What if I was forced into child prostitution and this is the only way I can express my pain? What if I was abused as a child? What if I was neglected? What if my cousin raped me? What if I experienced some kind of unspeakable trauma in my childhood? What if the only way I could make sense of my world was creating one similar to it? Would that still make me a bad person? Am I still fucked up? Did you, dhh, even consider this? Probably not. Mistake four.

To some, that answer is yes. And that's fine, because I can't make everyone happy. But if you're going to criticize my writing, make sure your arguments actually have some validity before you start bashing me. Mistake five.

To put it frankly, if you don't know someone, you really shouldn't judge them. Mistake six.