Inquiring minds: a poll for my readers, bless 'em

[rebcake]

[Poll #1356765]

Comments

[ssddgr.livejournal.com]

Hey, there's no I always love learning new things option!

[bruttimabuoni.livejournal.com]

Too hard on yourself! I suppose some potential readers may be put off, but many will be like me: we know some of this stuff but not all. Some of the unknowns we can deduce or barely matters, other aspects are fascinating or crucial and a note is really welcome.

In your last fic, it was the carnival colours/symbolism bit which I didn't know and which finished off the story for me nicely with the note.

But then, I have a history background and love to absorb extra facts with my fic!

[angearia.livejournal.com]

Jo aka The Librarian who wrote the Nature of the Beast series does very extensive footnotes on historical and mythological factoids. You are not alone!

I'd like to second that I'd have chosen the "I always love learning new things" option. :)

[glassdarklyuk.livejournal.com]

None of those answers quite fit. I like the footnotes and would happily read them both before and after, though I think they're probably better after.

[rahirah]

So far I've known a fairish bit of it. So while I appreciate the notes for the stuff I don't know, I think it works better as end notes.

[hollydb]

You don't have an option for "give me as much info as possible." *tsks* :P

[mere-ubu.livejournal.com]

I refuse to take this extremely jaundiced poll! ::pounds table:: Where's the button for "I loooove footnotes. Gimme!" (Srsly, I read Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell twice in a row because I wanted to pay more attention to the footnotes.) Anyway, I like your notes, and I think they're good right where you have 'em.

Now I'm going to go f/b! I swear to god that my attempts to give your latest fic some love have been interrupted no less than six times.