Well said. The posts about H/C bingo made me a bit uneasy too, since I write so much H/C. I don't think I've run afoul of too many of the issues they discussed (for instance, I've only written one story dealing with sexual abuse, and it involved what I think was a realistic take on the character seeking therapy - with a telepath, but still.), but seeing the whole genre condemned in some posts rubbed me the wrong way. There's been a couple of discussions about disability in fandom recently, and I've read them all when I found them, because it's not a theme that's likely to disappear from my work totally.

I like the way you summed this up - we all put ourselves out there as writers, and we have to be willing to put up with the fallout. But honestly, this is kind of the reason I prefer my reading to be mostly for the enjoyment of my F-list - I know you guys, and if I fail particularly badly, I know someone will tell me in the way friends call each other out when someone's out of line. I suffer from a lot of inadequacy issues, have since I was a kid, so the idea that I could basically inflame the entire internet and wind up with dozens of anonymice who don't know me calling me out? Terrifying. That's the call I made, and I feel happy with it. We all have to decide just how much we want to put ourselves out there. It's not that I'm particularly worried about this happening, it's more that I'm just more comfortable with my audience being people who know me.