Yeah, to be fair, we know that, canonically, things like Magical Girls exist somewhere in the Nasuverse multiverse, so there are definitely some weird AUs out there....
Except that's still partially the result of the Kaleido sticks messing around with their wielders out of spite, plus still makes sense(...-ish) in the context of the greater Nasuverse. Plus it's not taken completely seriously. A lot of the stuff in SaS though just does not gel though, nor would it in
most continuities for that matter.
If weird stuff happens in a story, suspension of disbelief has to remain intact or the weird stuff comes off as completely implausible and thus any immersion is lost. All the time is spent questioning what the hell is going on and why and being frustrated about how ridiculous it seems instead of actually enjoying the story.
It's fine to write for yourself, but you have to have at least some consideration for your readers. The problem is that lantz isn't really considering what they would enjoy, just projecting what he enjoys and comes to the conclusion that either everyone thinks the same or those that don't just don't "appreciate" what he's written. Which is a huge problem.
That's why there's a lot of frustration with lantz and his work even though people would be better inclined to ignore it. It unintentionally creates a sense of being insulted and belittled for the readers, and combined with lantz's attitude towards criticism, this makes people angry, to the point of becoming hostile.
...And then here we are now.
lantz, your problem is that while you (occasionally) listen to criticism, you don't really
listen to it. That's why people have become so frustrated and even outright hostile. If you want this to stop, you actually need to heed what people say and stop dismissing it as "attacks."
Even the harshly worded of criticism can have value, after all, if it leads you to improve, but you don't even take the majority of criticism into account because you are way too quick to dismiss it as an "attack." If you'd stop that, people would honestly be more receptive towards you, assuming those bridges haven't already been burned by people being this frustrated for this long.
