I know I'm not supposed to post anything that isn't actually a fic (naughty me!) but really, I feel like some reviewers need a little educating.

I got four reviews (yay!) for this fic but two of them appear to have come from one person, and suffice to say, somebody missed the point of fanfiction.

I've been accused of trying to start a shipping war! On one hand, I feel like I've finally made it in the fanfiction world, but on the other I'm a little concerned. The first guest review reads "Uhm, why would you take something that is actually funny and turn it into a shipping war?" and the second one reads "Can you not? Anthony is beth and Daryl's thing, not carol and Daryl's who btw is like a mother to daryl. Write what you want, but don't start a shipping war by claiming beth is a child, because the only child I see around here is you."

Ouch. Right in the feels.

The problem is I didn't say anywhere in the story that Beth is a child. I actually like Beth, a lot, but according to Greg Nicotero the apocalypse has been happening for eighteen months, which would make Beth seventeen-and-a-half years old (A child). Additionally, surprise! I am seventeen! (A child.) So ten points to you for your mad math skills.

I'm not going to begrudge any Bethyl shipper their shipping rights, but if someone reads something by a self-proclaimed Caryl shipper and then gets angry that *holy crap* they've been reading a Caryl fic? I'm not sure how to react to that. I appreciate that you don't like Caryl, and I don't ship Bethyl, but I would never, ever intentionally read a fic that makes me angry and then personally attack the author just because I didn't actually check to see who the characters would be (Carol and Daryl were in those little square 'relationship' brackets, plain as day) before I read it. I know a common Bethyl opinion is that Carol is like a mother to Daryl, and that's okay because that's how you interpret their relationship, but I interpret the Beth and Daryl relationship to be something of a sibling (or even close friendship) sort of thing. I agree that some sort of bond was formed when they were together for those two episodes, but the nature of that bond is open to audience interpretation as far as I'm concerned.

And now, because I'm a bit ticked off, I'm going to pick your argument to pieces. Ready? 'Anthony' is not Beth and Daryl's thing. 'Anthony' is a result of somebody's (hilarious) attempt to lip-read TWD. That's like saying that 'Carl Poppa' is canon.

This is in no way, shape, or form an attempt to start a shipping war. A shipping war fic would probably involve Carol saying how horrible and yuck and skanky and irresponsible Beth is, and Daryl going 'yeah, I hate that little so-and-so' and then the closing A.N would involve 'ur ship is gross and yuck and your dumb for shipping it lol I hope you die of cancer and your fave character dies lol!1!1!1' which, unless I actually cannot read, is not what my story did. I think Beth brings a lot of sweetness and lightness to the show and I adore her as a character, but Bethyl just isn't something I ship.

Thanks for the reviews to georgiapeachs and Little Cinch, though! I'm glad I made you smile!