Feedback For Dukes in Double Trouble

[B.L. Davenport]

Thanks for the support Tracy!!!!! LOL nope Lulu ain't singin although there might be some you'll just have to wait and see

[Bosbaby]

Ok, first of all, your wrong on a few points. Number one, the Dukes, though they started in 1979, mostly took place in the '80's and they did have a cure for marlaria in the 80's and most people did survive marlaria back then. I know because I was around in the 80's and also cause I know people who had it and none of them died from it. The Dukes took place in the 1980's not the 1880's.

Secondly, you say I'm outnumbered. Am I? I bet you that anyone reading your story, rather they like it or not, would be happier if Bo was alive than with him dead and if they are honest they would say so.

You could even write that he went into a catotonic state of deep coma which is a state that makes you appear dead even if you are not. Than they discoverered he wasn't dead. That would still be realistic to your story cause a catatopic state which can be caused by intense illness, could be caused by marlaria.

Maybe miracleous recoveries have been done a lot but they still make a good story and there is absolutely nothing silly about them or unrealistic about them. It is unrealistic that someone would die from marlaria in the 1980's.

[BoJamesDuke]

Look, if you dont like these types of stories say so once then leave us alone. Some of us like to write these kind of stories because they are unusual. And it isnt like we are permanantly killing off the charater so no one can ever use him again. why the heck do you sound so hard done by?

Why not write your own story like everyone else that you like and can be happy about. personally I like the stories I write, i enjoy writing and sorry if you dont like mine and b.l's style but quite frankly go and find someone whose style you do like and leave us who like this one to our devices.

[B.L. Davenport]

I was around in the 1980's too and sick quite a bit as a kid. When you live in a rural area back then the hometown hospitals didn't have specialists I know I have been seeing some since birth 2 1/2 hours from home because I was born with Spina Bifida.

As for dying with malaria it was researched and if not caught in time and medication administered quickly to treat it then it can still kill the patient. We didn't jump into this blind research was done on anything medical we decided to use not to mention alot of it I already knew from personal experience and having aunts who are nurses. I'm not going to argue with anyone on the finer points of how we did things.....just going to say I've read some disclaimers on fanfict.net and they say 'don't own the dukes of hazzard just getting cheap thrills from the story' more or less i'm paraphrasing there but that was our main reason for writing was cheap thrills for us and the readers.

[Bosbaby]

Because I did like your story untill you killed Bo. That made me and a lot of other people cry. Why do you enjoy upsetting people and making them cry?

And what's so unusual about your story? You wrote that someone got sick and then died. That's not unusual. That's lack of creativity.

[BoJamesDuke]

Not unusual...hmm...how many times have you read a Dukes story that had that happen?

And by the way, fyi, I dont care whether or not its unusual, like B.l. has just said I dont own dukes, never will, and am just using the fandom a way of testing my writing skills.

Lack of creativity, got more so than you who just hangs around on sites not bothering to registar unless its to complain.

[B.L. Davenport]

Some people like to read or watch something on tv just for a good cry I do myself once in a while. And I can assure you that the readers weren't the only ones crying. I cried more than once writting parts of it and will most likely cry several more times before the story's end.

[Bosbaby]

#1, I do not register just to complain, I register when I have something to say, bad or good.

#2. I have written both stories and poems in the past and I have recieved numerouse awards for my writings. How many rewards have you recieved.

#3. Furthermore, I try not to upsett my readers and if it comes to my awareness that I have upsett one of my readers, I do not cruelly continue to upsett them further by responding to them with mean and nasty comments.

#4. I have seen lots of Dukes fanfic where one of the main character's have died. I read it in the summary description of the story. I think every time someone wants to write a sad Dukes story, they kill off one of the Dukes. That is neither original or creative.

#5. Good writer's welcome bad comments as well as good ones to their stories and use those comments to make their writing better. They don't just dismiss all the bad comments and continue to make the same mistakes with their writing.

[foxette]

Erm.........The constructive part of your critism started..................."However, after reading today, I will not be reading your story anymore"

Can't see the word 'Unless...........'

Good luck with your writing but I hope it's better than the tirade aimed at these two good folks!

OK! I'm bowing out before I get myself into trouble! 8)

Love Tracy xxx

[Bosbaby]

Erm.........The constructive part of your critism started..................."However, after reading today, I will not be reading your story anymore"

Can't see the word 'Unless...........'

Good luck with your writing but I hope it's better than the tirade aimed at these two good folks!

OK! I'm bowing out before I get myself into troube

Love Tracy xxx

Won't be reading their story anymore unless Bo is not actually dead because it makes me cry to much otherwise. And won't read any further stories by them if they are going to shock people by killing off characters without giving a warning at the beginning of the story that this might happen which is common courstesy when writing fanfic. That should be obviouse, I should not have to state it.

[Bosbaby]

Look, can't you guys just write it so Bo's not really dead? Please, please, please. I can't handle Bo being dead. He's the best Duke. Please can't you fix it? Please. Please, please, please.

Oh nevermind, no one cares when I'm deeply hurt and upsett anyhow.

[Bosbaby]

Kill off Bo and then have everyone singing songs like everythings just fine and dandy. Boy that takes the cake. That's just rubbing salt in the wounds. I still have not recovered from Bo dieing in this story and I never will. I'm still crying over it and I always will be forever. You are a couple of cold hearted, mean, nasty people!

[Bosbaby]

Oh yeah, and before anyone responds by saying that if I don't like it, don't read it, well, it's a little late for that when I have already read the part that messes me up inside. And I would not have read it if the writers had been courteouse enough to place a warning at the beginning of the story that it might contain heartwrenching content, so that people like me with severe clinical depression would know not to read it. As I said, mean, nasty cold hearted people.

And before anyone makes a wisecrack about my having clinical depression, I have heard all the nasty, rude remarks about that too. No one ask to have clinical depression, it's just something that happens to people sometimes. It's a sickness and I'm tired of people making stupid remarks to me about it!

Every other fanfic site I have ever read had warnings posted at the beginnings of the stories if they was going to write something that made people cry. That's common courtesy. Now, I can't even read fanfiction any more because apparently everyone does not practice common courtesy and now I'm afraid of what I might read.

Freedom of speech and literary lincense and all of that is fine to a point, but when people abuse it, by not even bothering to warn people when what they are writing may have harsh content, that's wrong. It's wrong because it infringes on my right and the rights of other people who suffer from variouse forms of depression, and are advised by our doctors to avoid activities which stress us, to be able to enjoy a story without having to worry about reading something that upsetts us

[B.L. Davenport]

Sorry about there being no warning you are right in saying there should have been but in all honesty when we started this story we had no idea ourselves how things would go so didn't think about putting a warning. It's not as if the story was planned out then written I speak for myself personally and possibly BoJamesDuke as well but when I am writting my parts of a story I don't think it out before I write I just start writing and see what comes out. I took a class in college in which we had to write brief essays in this way on the computer just sit at it and write no notebooks allowed. So that is how I write now.

[Bosbaby]

Sorry about there being no warning you are right in saying there should have been but in all honesty when we started this story we had no idea ourselves how things would go so didn't think about putting a warning. It's not as if the story was planned out then written I speak for myself personally and possibly BoJamesDuke as well but when I am writting my parts of a story I don't think it out before I write I just start writing and see what comes out. I took a class in college in which we had to write brief essays in this way on the computer just sit at it and write no notebooks allowed. So that is how I write now.

Ok, well since you apologized for not putting up a warning, I guess I could apologize for my original statements as well. I am sorry that I ranted without explaining myself when I first posted about your story. However, I was very upsett and not thinking clearly. I am still very upsett but am able to think a little more clearly today. I do have severe clinical depression. My doctors have not found the right medication that works for me yet. I also have to go to counseling for it 5 times a week just to function. My doctors suggested that along with my medication and councling that I avoid things which make me sad and take up activities which give me pleasure as much as possible. When you have severe depression of any kind, it's very hard to get motivated enough to do anything. I often watch the Dukes of Hazzard because I love the show so much and while I'm watching it, I am able to laugh for at least an hour while it's on cause the comedy aspects of the show are so good. I also watch other comedy shows but I think Dukes are the best because there is not only comedy, but so much love on the show. It also usually makes me happy for a little while to read fanfic about Dukes. I can handle stories where someone is sick for a while, so long as they recover, but when I read that they die, that meses me up real bad. I don't know why. I understand it's a story, but, it still messes me up very badly. I think it's a combination of my condition and the fact that Dukes are very important to me because it's one of the few things in this world that gives me pleasure.

There are many other people like me who suffer from variouse forms of depression and the worst thing about depression is that the littleist things that wouldn't bother anyone else all that much can really mess us up.

If you did not know that you was going to write that Bo died before you did it, that's understandable. However, you still could have included a warning at the top of the page that the part was written on, in parenthesis or something before posting what you wrote. I have seen stories where people did that. I realize that you have the right to write the story how you want, but, as I said, I and people who suffer my conditions or similiar conditions, also should have the right to know if they are about to read something that will mess them up. I would suggest on behalf of myself and everyone who suffers conditions like mine, that in the future, that you please post a warning if you are going to write something that is potentially heartwrenching. If you do not know that you are going to write that when you begin the story, then please post the warning as soon as you do realize it. I don't feel that's asking a lot, I feel it's just common courtesy for you to do so.

Please consider this request.

[foxette]

Oh nooooooooooooo, it's finished!

Loved it, thankyou!

Will you two be starting a new one? Pleeeeease..........

Love Tracy xxx

[B.L. Davenport]

Glad you liked it Tracy!! We both want to write another one not sure when that might happen though. I can assure ya we ain't gonna kill of anybody next time

[BoJamesDuke]

Thankyou so much Tracy. I'm glad you liked it and yes hopefully me and B.L. will be working on another real soon

And, we promise not to kill another character off. It was very emotional writing those parts as i'm sure it was for others reading it so no no more killing off characters for a while :-)

C'mon people, i wanna know what other people think!

[redneck woman]

Great story! I loved every minute of reading it, even when I had tears makin' tracks down my face. Hope to see more from ya'll soon!

[BoJamesDuke]

Thanks very much :-)

Very glad you enjoyed it and it kept you entertained and I hope you'll read mine and B.L's furture endeavours

[B.L. Davenport]

Thanks a bunch for the nice comments redneckwoman. It was fun to write with Bo keep yer eyes peeled for future adventures from us ya never know what ya might see lol.