User blog comment:Silver-Haired Seireitou/The End of Naruto/@comment-13970942-20141106205348/@comment-2089817-20141107033506

Well Chrono, I've long known that much about you. And many of your points, I can agree with, so there's very little I have to say in response to them. But there are two things I want to make clear.

The first being that you seem to make it sound as though, whether intentionally or not, that the very idea of the Fanon Canon was designed solely because people wanted to cling to your Chuunin Exams. Which is giving yourself a bit too much credit there. Sitewide collaborations have been a part of NF for a very long time. And while your work with the Chuunin Exams definitely sparked an interest in continuing such projects, in no way can you take the credit for that. Like I said, maybe you meant it intentionally, maybe you didn't, but even so, I want to make that part clear.

The second being, and this is more of my view rather than fact, that you say the users of NF are all searching for acknowledgement. And I do not deny that. But can't it be said that the same is true for yourself as well? And I might be wrong, but I am basing this on the fact that, you yourself once said that we were similar on many fronts. Isn't it possible that a lot of your frustration with the state of things has also to do with the fact that many of your efforts yielded very little results? I'm sure, on some level, while your intentions are to improve the site, deep down you also wanted those solutions to be attributed to you. For NF to acknowledge your way of doing things. After all, if it was not that, and you cared solely for the sake of making things better for the sake of improving things, then you wouldn't be getting frustrated with it and "throwing in the towel"; since it wouldn't be personal. And I share the same aggression. I take it personally when my efforts to help are diminished and rejected. It happens to all people of our intellect. Perhaps you don't consider me at the same intellect level as yourself, but even so, I can say that I understand where you are coming from. NF isn't in the best direction in terms of writing capabilities and projects. I don't think it ever will be. But I've come to learn that even among these "islands", as you coined, there are still people willing to send out their ships and set up trade routes. Figuratively speaking, of course. They just need direction, that's all. But even more so, the community has to become more willing to be open and straightforward with each other before progress can be made for the better.