Hello everyone, over the past week or so I've noticed a bit of discourse surronding the latest Ash in Horizons chapter. It looked like a tame disagreement within a single comment thread but now it seems to be ramping up into a full argument. So I would like to say a few things:
Please try to be respectful to all your fellow commenters, everyone enjoys the fics to some degree even if there's diferent aspects people like or dislike. I'm flattered by all the support and feedback from those who only want my stories to get better, but it should never come at the cost of demeaning other people's perspectives.
I didn't realize Roy had won against Ash before, I forgot I had Kilowattrel and Rowlet battle in a previous chapter. So that was my mistake, that being said, I still think having Roy win against Ash in the latest chapter was a better narrative choice in regards to Roy's development.
I'd like to make it clear that I will not be going back and editing previous chapters after they've been published, with the exception of the remasters. (Which only apply to chapters 1-70 btw). Especially not to change the story, even if I regret making a narrative decision. Not even grammar errors because I post both here and on AO3.
I didn't want Ash to be a Mary Sue, which is why I made him lose battles more than people would've liked. It was my way of humanizing him. That being said, I still think Ash wins a majority of the battles he faces within the fic.
I really hope we can learn something from all this, I really didn't want to cause conflict or talk back to fans of my stories, but I don't think it's right to insult others just because they agree/disagree with my story decisions. I also don't think it's right to just ask the author to change their story just because you may not like how the events played out. Since at the end of the day it's their creative vision.