Chapter two of Twistedm's submissive Draco fic...

So, the gift fic that twistedm gave me, now entitled A Suitable New Circumstance, now has a chapter two, here: http://twistedm.livejournal.com/15057.html

Y'all might want to friend her to follow it in case I forget to post about it here!

If you didn't read chapter one, were looking at a multi-chapter H/D fic in which Lucius arranges for Draco's safety postwar in a unique way, when the Ministry gives Draco to Harry. Draco's "safety" is somewhat in question thanks to post-traumatic-stress!Ron and Harry's own seeming indifference to Draco's existence.

"Friend" Angst

It's probably because I'm weeks behind on doing my Christmas cards that I'm having a bout of LJ "friend" angst. Oh sure, I've been so busy lately with work and deadlines that I haven't been reading my flist like I want to, plus all the fest fics (hopelessly behind), plus all the time I spend RPing (though that multi-tasks with other things, often).

But I'm still stumped on the best way to handle the way the whole reciprocal friending thing works. I've already friended about 150 people on LJ, which is cool. About 120 are mutual friends, also cool.

But I'm fretting over the 150 or so who have friended me but whom I have not friended back. I worry that some of these folks feel snubbed. I *try* to friend everyone who leaves a comment on my fic (bigger than just "nice fic!") but I don't always remember to do it. But when I look at the list of people in that "also friended you" list, I just don't know if I should add them all wholesale?

I figure some of them just want to read the fic here and they probably don't really want me reading their posts about their mother or what have you. Sometimes I go to look at the journals to see if I can tell, and they are either empty, or totally f-locked private stuff, and I tend not to add those. So I've been hesitant to just go and add all of them (not to mention that would be like 500 clicks of the mouse to do it...)

ETA: I guess what I don't like about the whole system is that people get their feelings hurt sometimes when they friend me and I don't friend back. I just don't like hurting people's feelings even though it isn't intentional. I want a way to avoid that...but maybe there isn't one.

Anyway, if you've friended me and want to be friended back, please comment here and I'd be happy to. Or reveal the etiquette secret about LJ friending I don't yet know. Or if you want to tell me to quit worrying, that's fine, too. (comments screened)