Talk:The Iron Maiden of Nuremberg's Lock/@comment-26382736-20170428062338/@comment-26382736-20170429043705

Garr, as someone who experienced it first-hand from you, (yes, you were one of them), and others, I strongly suggest that YOU apologize, watch where you place emphasis on your words, and spell check.

I am justifiably angry. And despite what you wrote down before about similar artifacts, Gutenburg etc., this is not about the Iron Maiden or the fact that Wiles is making another part of it. It is the fact that I previously made an artifact called the Lock and Chains from the Iron Maiden of Nuremburg.

Per got on my case about it not being "artifact-y enough" despite several revisions, and several others, including you, criticized it pretty much daily until I decided that the abuse wasn't worth it and deleted it.

For now, I am going to let this go, as Wiles is not a part of it and I don't want to clutter his artifact page with our bickering. So whatever response or comments you have from this point on will go unread. From now on, I suggest that everyone, yes everyone, be constructive and polite with criticism. Admin privileges, length of fandom experience, or number of artifacts made doesn't excuse anyone from basic politeness.

If you scroll through my artifacts you can see multiple flame wars in which I was barraged with petty complaints and artistic differences, yet I tried to remain calm and centered throughout every exchange. Not this time. I'm angry, so don't try to discount my emotions about this.

Now I know that several nerdy egos have been pricked by me voicing my opinion, and I can already imagine the internet persona bravado and admin strong-arming coming my way, but that would only prove my point. I should not feel harassed or intimidated about creating an artifact. It is that kind of clique-ish snobbery that makes people see sci-fi fans as anti-social, pedantic nerds.

There. That is my manifesto. I'll get off my soapbox and return to normal now that I've gotten that gripe off my chest. Like I said before, post whatever response you want, I just won't read it. I've said my piece, and I am moving on.