Thank you. :) I admit I got a bit frustrated with some of the fandom reaction. I understand being hurt, because my first (and second) reaction was nowhere this distanced and analytical, but all the negativity and hatred really got to me and were a lot harder to deal with than the depressing aspects of the story itself.

As for the homophobia debate, I think that's one of those cases where it's a legitimate discussion within the gay community, but when it's straight people telling a gay man what he's supposed to be allowed to write or not when it comes to gay issues... ouch. Not okay.