Well, opinionated people are certainly the only ones worth having a conversation with. :p

And oh, absolutely. "Fans Against Lover" Erm. Clearly we'll need a catchier slogan. "Lover, You're Going Under" Well, that one just sounds dirty. ::giggles:: I'm twelve. But yeah, I like pet names when they're used jokingly. Danny calling Rusty dear amuses me for reasons I can't pinpoint. ::shrugs::

I've never really been able to make tears work as an emotional impact. Hell, I've had characters throw up instead o cry, just because I suck at writing crying that much. And he had a good reason, you know, he was little and his mother had just killed herself. I didn't let him cry, but it worked out better that way, I think. A lot of times there is a thousand times more emotion in the moments where they're trying to not cry. Though I will now and forever call them "womanly tears" when they show up in my fic. :D