Why do people hate BNFs?

[icarus]

I really don't understand this BNF phenomenon. I just don't get it.

I don't see why people go "whee, Icarus!" when they find out their review or whatever is from me. I understand "whee, Stories!" -- or -- "whee, Icarus' Stories!" That makes sense to me, because this is all about the stories, all about the fun of writing. If you've liked something I wrote in the past, there's good chance you'll like the next one. I'm the same way about "whee, Candy!"

But I don't know why the focus shifts from the story to the person. What the hell...?

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[nataliadarimini.livejournal.com]

The review "whee" is because we've found out that the person who likes the story isn't a random fourteen-year-old girl (though heaven knows I do like fourteen-year-old girls), but someone who knows about writing and isn't just fangirling. Though heaven knows there's nothing wrong with fangirling. :D When a v.good writer says it's nice, you know that they're speaking with some degree of discrimination. Like when one of the Art History teachers liked my painting today, it was better for my ego than when my classmate did. Though heaven knows I didn't fangirl the man. :)