*delurks* as a lurker I don't often comment (-.- duh) but I'd like to point out (just give a slightly different view) - When I am getting into a fandom, particularly one that I don't know the source material well for (like if I were, persay to attempt to read Torchwood fic) I have a tendancy to think that fiction is better than it probably really is (can't stand bad writing though...) simply because I don't KNOW how the character really should act. I read another million fics and come to the conclusion that the ones I read first were sucky and go on with my life. However, if I would comment more often I likely would leave a "hey that's cool" or similar message to those crappy fics simply because I don't know better. (I feel dumb saying "hey that's cool which explains the lack of comments but while I'm already delurking - Hey! You're fic is pretty awesome and I'm NOT new to the Buffy fandom!) But yeah, just wanted to add a slightly different viewpoint (though I'm still not sure how badly written fic gets so many accolades...) *relurks*