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The following is from a review by a very good friend of mine as a message to me and all who suffer from flamers, bullies and bashers;

"I am getting sick and tried of these bullies. In fact I hate them. They already have made some writer that I like leave this site.

THEY ARE NOTHING BUT BULLIES AND COWARDS WHO GET OFF ON MAKING THE WRITERS MAD OR MAKING THE WRITER LEAVE THE SITE. GOD I HATE WHEN THEY WIN LIKE THAT.

I am not mad at you. The rant is me supporting you and all the writer out there. I will tell you one thing. that if I do not like your stories and other writer stories. I would never tell you or the other writers that there doing a bad job or you are not following the time line or how you write your characters For God sakes it fanfiction. That means you and the other writer can write what you all want to write.

I have a favour to ask you. It is from my owe experience that if you and all the other write just ignore these a*holes. These Bullies and cowards then they will see that they will not win. these bullies and cowards will run with there tails between there legs. What I am asking you to do is to send this message to all the writer that you know. I do not want to see an other awesome writer like you leave this site and there stories unfinish because of these bullies and cowards."

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Favourite Quotes: "If you don't like it...DON'T READ IT!" DZ2 and all others like him who are sick of people putting down good work; Fanfiction

"There are only four rules you need to remember. Make the plan. Execute the plan. Expect the plan to go off the rails. Throw away the plan." Leonard Snart: The Flash

"There is no good and evil; there is only power and those too weak to seek it!" Voldemort; Philosopher's Stone

"He was their friend, and he betrayed them. He was their friend! I hope he finds me! Cause when he does, I'm gonna be ready. When he does, I'm gonna kill him!" Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban

"If you can't find what you want to read, then write what you want to." Found on the profile page of FFN member, Ares Alexander Peverell

"I will follow you to hell and back. I will do whatever you ask and your enemies shall be mine." Atton: Knights of the Old Republic II

"Death should be a release, not a punishment." King Einon; Dragonheart;

"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." Toni Morrison

"You come in here, again...in fact, you go anywhere in this city, preying on innocent people, and we will find you and eat both your arms, and then both of your legs, and then we will eat your face right off your head. Do you understand? Yes. So, you will be this armless, legless, faceless thing, won't you, rolling down the street! Like a turd...in the wind..." Venom: Venom

"AVENGERS...Assemble!" Captain America: Endgame

"Don't get cute with me, Red. He's ripping me off. I'll protest! Yeah, I'll sue! Then I'll rip his lungs out...and I will too!" The Joker: Batman: The Animated Series

"The only ones who should kill are those who are prepared to be killed!" Lelouch; Code Geass

"I've been at the mercy of men just following orders. Never again." Erik Lehnsherr: X-Men First Class

"You're always sorry, Charles. And there's always a speech. But nobody cares anymore." Erik Lehnsherr: X-Men Dark Phoenix

"I do not fear them! I fear no-one!" Berethor: LotR: The Third Age

"Please be a secret door, please be a secret door, please be a secret door...Yay!" Tony Stark: Age of Ultron

"You're either the most powerful man in the room, or you're nothing." Jafar: Aladdin (2019)

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What would I say were my personally-chosen favourite lines from each of the Main 8 Harry Potter Movies?

Philosopher's Stone: "There is no good and evil; there is only power and those too weak to seek it!" Voldemort

Chamber of Secrets: "Now, now, Draco: play nicely." Lucius Malfoy

Prisoner of Azkaban: "He was their friend, and he betrayed them. He was their friend! I hope he finds me! Cause when he does, I'm gonna be ready. When he does, I'm gonna kill him!" Harry Potter

Goblet of Fire: "I'm going to kill you, Harry Potter. I'm going to destroy you. After tonight, no one will ever again question my power. After tonight if they speak of you, they'll only speak of how you begged for death. And how I being a merciful Lord...obliged." Voldemort

Order of the Phoenix: "I want you to listen to me very carefully, Harry. You're not a bad person. You're a very good person, who bad things have happened to. Besides, the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters. We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are." Sirius Black

Half-Blood Prince: "I can make things move without touching them. I can make animals do what I want without training them. I can make bad things happen to people who are mean to me. I can make them hurt, if I want..." Tom Riddle

Deathly Hallows 1: "You're lying, Dolores...and one mustn't tell lies!" Harry Potter

Deathly Hallows 2: "C'mon, Tom... let's finish this the way we started it. Together!" Harry Potter

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Favourite Speeches: "I've never felt so much power!"

"And you shall have even more! But first, you must prove your loyalty to me."

"I'm listening..." Alex O Connell and Imhotep: The Mummy; the Animated Series

"I want you to listen to me very carefully, Harry. You're not a bad person. You're a very good person, who bad things have happened to. Besides, the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters. We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are." Sirius Black: Order of the Phoenix

"Big man in a suit of armour. Take that off, what are you?"

"Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist." Captain America and Iron Man: Avengers Assemble

"No one has to break anything."

"Clearly you've never made an omelette."

"He beat me by one second." Thor, Ultron and Iron Man: Avengers: Age of Ultron

"Kneel before me. I said...KNEEL! Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state? It's the unspoken truth of humanity that you crave subjugation. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life's joy in a mad scramble for power. For identity. You were made to be ruled. In the end, you will always kneel." Loki: Avengers Assemble

"Sooner or later, we all go through a crucible. I'm guessing yours was that island. Most believe there are two types of people who go into a crucible. The ones who become stronger from the experience and survive it, and the ones who die. But there's a third type. The ones who learn to love the fire and choose to stay in their crucible because it's easier to embrace the pain when it's all you know anymore." Sebastian Blood: Arrow

"So many Rangers. So much potential. Squandered for so long. It is time to set things right. We will invade their worlds. Tear down anything that might protect them. And then, when it's too late, when they're powerless and alone: they will realise the truth. They could have been gods!" Lord Drakkon: Power Rangers: Shattered Grid

"I believe that true focus lies somewhere between rage and serenity. There is so much more to you than you know. Not just pain and anger. There is good, too. I felt it. When you can access all of that, you will possess a power no one can match. Not even me." Charles Xavier: X-Men First Class

"The Chitauri are coming. Nothing will change that. What have I to fear?"

"The Avengers. That's what we call ourselves; we're sort of like a team. "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" type thing."

"Yes, I've met them."

"Yeah, takes us a while to get any traction, I'll give you that one. But let's do a head count here: your brother the demi-god; a super soldier, a living legend who kind of lives up to the legend; a man with breath-taking anger management issues; a couple of master assassins, and YOU, big fella, you've managed to piss off every single one of them."

"That was the plan."

"Not a great plan. When they come, and they WILL, they'll come for you."

"I have an army."

"We have a Hulk."

"I thought the beast had wandered off..."

"You're missing the point! There's no throne, there is no version of this where you come out on top. Maybe your army comes and maybe it's too much for us but it's all on you. Because if we can't protect the Earth, you can be damned well sure we'll avenge it!" Loki and Tony Stark: Avengers Assemble

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches. Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies. And the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not. And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives. The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies." Trelawney's "Prophecy" Harry Potter;

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One of the funniest running jokes in the MCU: Steve Rogers' aversion to cussing...

"Shit!"

"Language!" Iron Man and Captain America: Avengers: Age of Ultron

"Is no one going to comment that the Cap just said "language"?"

"I know! It just slipped out." Iron Man and Captain America: Age of Ultron

"And for gosh's sake, watch your language!"

"That's not going away anytime soon." Iron Man and Captain America: Age of Ultron

"All deference to the Man Who Wouldn't Be King, but it's rigged."

"You bet your ass!"

"Steve, he said a bad language word!"

"Did you tell everyone about that?" Stark, Barton, Hill and Rogers: Age of Ultron

"Fury, you son of a bitch!"

"Whoa ho ho! You kiss your mother with that mouth?" Captain America and Nick Fury: Avengers: Age of Ultron

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My Top 10 Peeves with Reviewers:

1) Pairings: The pairing is MY choice, not yours: I'm not forcing you to read the story, am I? No, I am not! So, if you don't like the pairing, you shouldn't feel the need to leave a review expressing that dislike because it's just a waste of words and a perfectly-good review. As for stories I label TBD - to be determined - whether that's a pairing with Harry or anyone else, it's because I haven't decided on a pairing. Nine times out of ten, that's because I don't think the pairing is the centre of the story itself and is more a sub-plot with the whole thing, so when you get to later chapters and see what a pairing might be decided as, I'd hope you can at least respect my decision for what it is: my decision!

2) Portrayals: Whether it's how I'm writing the character OR my little ANs about actors/actresses I see when coming up with said characters, this one just makes me laugh. My ideas of portrayals are NOT actual portrayals. I'm not writing a screenplay, guys; I'm writing Fanfiction and part of Fanfiction is portraying characters as the writer envisions them; you have your own ideas? Good for you, but I have mine and if that's who I imagine, that's my choice.

Also, I write my characters as I wish to write them: mature? Fine; less...well less than they were in canon? All right; Different personalities, ways of speaking, magic, knowledge, understanding, addressing others? THAT'S MY CHOICE!

3) Ignoring the bleeding obvious: Now, this one's more a funny one as it's something that makes me laugh: when people ask questions about things that have been revealed/described/talked about already in the story. Seriously, are you just reviewing to put one more notch on my scoreboard?

4) 'This is how I would have done it' or something like that: Well, then: go and DO IT! That's what this site's for, after all

5) Asking for content: Now, like my pairings point, this is all MY decision to write what I want to write for stories and if I'd like ideas/suggestions, I'll ask and, I admit, sometimes, I see things in reviews that DO inspire me and I'll let whoever offered the idea know that. Then I'll give credit for them should I decide to go ahead and use what they've offered, but when you flat-out ask for things and suggest my ideas don't work, that's just insulting.

Like it says with Point 4: got a better idea yourself? Go write it yourself.

6) Chapter length: I refer you to my above list: 'My chapters are as long as my inspiration allows: if I think I can't do anything more with this chapter, that's my decision. If a chapter reaches, say, 5000 words I consider that an accomplishment; if it's only 1000 or more, I consider that an accomplishment and do you know why? Because I'm writing for my enjoyment and those who like reading my work.'

7) Complaints about ANs being useless/taking up space: They are there because I choose to put them there and that's not changing

8) Flat-out hate/cursing/language about my style/story: All you're doing is adding one more review to my number at the end of the day: think you can write a better story? Point 4, people!

9) Canon: This is Fanfiction for a reason: it's because we take the canon and shove it through a blender. We take the rulebook and Fiendfyre the heck out of it; we take logic, common sense and normality and give it more Avada Kedavras than a thousand Voldemorts could manage.

So, if you complain about canon, you're just a picky, obsessed moron who clearly doesn't know what Fanfiction is

10) Asking for sequels/updates/abandoned ideas/deleted ideas: I update as and when inspiration hits and, as for sequels, I'll only ever work on any that work in the long run. If I leave a story open-ended then that's my decision; if a story takes time between updates, maybe I've lost inspiration or need a refresher to get back on track. And then, IF I feel I can't continue, I make the personal choice to remove that idea, so I can focus on newer/other stuff.

I accept that people might be disappointed in losing a story, but, at the end of the day, there are literally tens of thousands of others on-site.

I'm not a bloody robot, everyone: I'm human and I have moments of block, inspiration loss and even moments of looking at my ideas and wonder WTF?

So, in closing, let's all say it together: IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T READ IT!