Alright Watermist, you've really done it now. First off for those who haven't seen Watermist's latest review be my guest and take a look before you all accuse me of being an asshole, pardon my language. If you don't want to don't worry about it, I'm quoting it in sections anyway.
(For those of you who want to skip the drama, skip two line breaks and there's the story, a chapter features for Vividly Beautiful)
"Firstly, you act like Cythia's all so poor, like her leg broke. She has so many metal parts. Oh no! Her friends go confort her.
Then, when Holly comes back to see Cynthia, Cynthia is damn stupid and arrogant and DARES to act so sloppy in front of her so-called best friend. And only 'forgives' after Holly apologises. Sorry, but did CYNTHIA live in a sewer, trapped and broken?" ~ Watermist
First off, you do realize I keep those up for the memories right? I wrote those back in October 2017, in ninth grade. A freshman in highschool. On top of that, nobody knew what happened to Holly other than Finli and Holly, all they knew was Cynthia broke her leg, and in the new version nearly died, Holly revealed everything, and completely vanished. They didn't know she was stuck in the sewer, how would they have known?
Cynthia is very stubborn, her character is built around Cinderheart's gentle heart, stubborn nature, and secret insecurities. So it would make sense that Cynthia, after being shunned for three years is angry at the person who had made it all happen to her. I'm sorry you hate her character, but your reasons for calling her a Mary Sue are all wrong.
A Mary Sue means a perfect, invincible, and god like character. Cynthia has a butt load of flaws, it's what makes her character who she is, and I'm sorry they grate on your nerves, but that's who she is.
"Next, Cynthia is TOO talented. Good at sports, high immunity, a talented musician…"
Cynthia's too talented? Really? I'm really talented too, does that make me a horrible person and a Mary Sue? I'm really smart, I'm publishing a book, I play 15 instruments, I have a near perfect ACT score, I train service animals, I'm in highschool and almost have an associates degree, and I'm a graphic designer at 18. So to your standards am I a mary sue too?
"Lastly, when she's an adult- too pretty and perfect, a multimillionare... Are you serious? Add realistic stuff! Does EVERY human in the world even become that rich? Her academics sucked, from what I read.
This is fucking telling this STRAIGHT that she is a Mary Sue.
You do realize that Cynthia's pretty much only a multimillionaire in Wildly Famous and the Singing Worlds when there are about 48 other worlds? Okay so I occasionally have fun making her a millionaire because I like playing around with the way she'd act if she had all the money, what's wrong with that? And Cynthia's not too pretty. She works hard for her appearance, she's an athlete, she's not all that curvy and everything either, Cynthia's slim and well built for her build, but she's just a character who's comfortable with her appearance, nothing wrong with that.
She's still not perfect… She still has a million flaws… she still isn't a Mary Sue…
"And Ashton should be doing the abusing to Skylar- He wanted to be her mate and wanted revenge when Squrrielflight chose Brambleclaw over him- Cinderheart has NO connection whatsoever."
I didn't intentionally make Ashfur of all cats abusing Cinderheart, I just needed a character who's devious enough to do it without worrying about getting caught and Ashton came to mind. And Cinderheart does have a connection, she's with Lionblaze who's Squirrelflight's (btw you spelled her name wrong) son who he tried to kill. And as I've stated multiple times over the years, the characters are only loosely based on their cat counterparts, I have creative liberty over them with them being humans so I'm going to do what I wish with that liberty.
"If you WANT her to be like a main character, please alert us at the start of the story- so that we are reassured that she is gonna be written all crackpot-like and too perfect."
Cinderheart's listed in the chosen characters literally right below the summary… and I mention over and over than Cinderblaze is my OTP and Jayfeather, Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, Briarlight and CINDERHEART are my favorite characters in Warriors…
"Really, I understand that you like Cinderheart/Cynthia, but there's some personality traits you need to work on."
Really? Like what? She's flawed, she goofy, she's impulsive, has anger issues, and likes to pull the occasional prank. What're the personality traits I need to work on Watermist?
"Plus, Briarfeather's a HORRIBLE ship. Jayfeather and Briarlight were 'close' ONLY because they both had a disability and helped each other- also, WHY Jayfeather was grieving badly for Briarlight is only because they were somewhat of friends who supported each other- As for Half Moon, in canon he admitted he loved her, and was willing to break the warrior code FOR Half Moon."
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I like Briarfeather thank you, especially Bree and Jay together, they deserve each other. I don't mind people not liking the ship, in fact I've had a ton of conversations with various readers about the Halffeather vs Briarfeather thing, but it's not like you have to sink your claws into one of my favorite ships and tear it apart just because you don't like it.
Plus it's called rewriting and AUs, I have my own Warriors AU where it's Briarfeather and Halffeather at different points in the series.
Either way I have news for you, I'M the AUTHOR, I can write whatever the hell I want, please excuse my language.
"I'm just stating constructive criticsm- I enjoyed reading your WHSS and I still want to. But I've unliked and unfollowed because of this issue."
Bullcrap. That entire rant wasn't constructive criticism, that was a series of bias thrown up as a review.
I'm not stopping you from unliking or unfollowing the story, it's your choice. Plus did you really think I'd be torn up over someone unfollowing the story when pretty much every review from you is some kind of character or ship bashing? I love my readers dearly but I won't stand as a punching bag simply because you don't like the characters. If you don't like the characters then don't read the story, sorry.
~Snowcrystal of Thunderclan~
I'm excited to finish it! (if I ever get around to it and if Watermist will leave me alone -_-) The new version's looking much, much better and realistic! Cynthia's a lot more down to earth and skittish in this version :D
It's only one person, and hopefully they'll go away after today.
Yup! The Briarfeather chapter's supposed to be up any day now, just up to Azrakatz to upload it! :D We went a little ham on the chapter's length XD
~Watermist~
I've already addressed your reviews, please do me a favor and kindly keep your bias comments to yourself.
~TallStarIsBestBoi~
Hmm… okay! I got a request for Ivory and Braxton too so it'll be perfect!
~IDidn'tSignUp4This~
It's gonna be great! (If only a harping reviewer will leave me alone…)
Featured from Vividly Beautiful
Title: This Is Normal?
Rating: K
Overview: Cynthia and Leon fluff
World: Wildly Famous
Characters: Cynthia, Leon, Ran, Orion, Lila, Jake
"LEON!" Cynthia's yell from up the stairs could be heard clear downstairs where Lila and Jake were, along with Cynthia's sister Ran and Leon's best friend Orion.
There was a crash before loud footsteps on the stairs and Leon came racing down the stairs laughing his butt off with Cynthia's phone clutched in one hand and a collared blouse of Cynthia's over his shoulder.
Chasing after him was the flustered looking YouTuber and singer wearing a black tank-top and light gray jeggings, sandals with a low heel were on her feet and silver hoop earrings were in her ears. She had an interview and autograph signing in a hour, and had been half panicking all morning, so Leon's snatching of her chosen shirt likely didn't help her attitude. She was wearing her glasses instead of contacts, but they were slightly crooked, like she had something pushed against her face. By the flustered red cheeks and ears, it could be easily assumed that Leon had been the cause of it.
"Get back here Leon!" Cynthia jumped onto the banister and slid down that instead of taking the stairs, only to slide off partway down and land on top of her mate's shoulders, knocking them both to the ground before prying his fingers from her shirt. "Thank you very much!" She chirped before sprinting off back up the stairs, taking the stairs four at a time. Which should've been impossible in the heeled sandals she was wearing.
Leon scrambled back up, tucked the phone into his back pocket, grinned goofily at the four people sitting at the dining table eating lunch, and shot up after her. "You're not leaving!" The vivid wild yelled as he charged up the stairs at the same rate at Cynthia and seized his mate around the waist just as she stepped into their shared bedroom. "You're mine!" He cackled and blew a raspberry against her neck, making Cynthia squeal and burst into laughter while also trying to keep Leon from getting the shirt.
"I need to go!" Cynthia managed to say through her bubbling laughter, only to give a shriek of laughter as he kept blowing raspberries against her neck and tickling her with his nose. "Let me go Leo! L-Leo c-come on!"
Leon grinned against her skin, "never!" Cynthia squealed as he lifted her up and proudly strode into their room with his prize. Who he playfully tossed onto the bed and pounced on her, tickling her sides and stomach while Cynthia squirmed, laughing to the point where tears were welling in her blue eyes.
Leon stopped for a second, carefully removed her glasses, put them on the side table, and then continued his assault, Cynthia kicking out with her legs and trying to block him from tickling her. He was careful not to jumpstart her though, that would set her off so that the autgraph signing would be the last thing on her mind.
Ran and Orion both looked rather owl eyed after that display, and they looked at Jake and Lila to see if it was unusual, only to find both of the adults casually sipping at their coffee or cutting into their eggs humming a familiar tune.
Jake was even reading his newspaper, the light brunette casually reading through his half moon shaped reading glasses as he sipped calmly at his coffee.
Lila casually cut into one of her eggs and took a bite, humming a tune while she chewed and scrolled through today's lists of duties for Cynthia as the young adult's manager.
Neither of them even batted an eyelash at the sudden appearance and disappearance of the mated pair of Vivid wilds
Ran and Orion looked up at each other, the partnered Dormants were thinking the same thing. Is this going to happen every day?
