Lost in translation

[igenlode]

I got a rather puzzled comment from someone whose first language is not English, asking why Hans doesn't resent Anna 'worrying for his soul' -- it is self-evident in context, isn't it, that the sally "Poor Hans, does it hurt very much? The conscience?" coupled with the blaze-up of spirit is not an expression of sympathy on Anna's part but a sarcastic rejoinder?

Comments

[erimia]

I liked one of the reviews that was basically "the fic is good but unrealistic because Hans is an asshole". :D As if he still isn't in the fic and as if the point of the fic wasn't to portray him in a less flatly villainous way.

[igenlode]

This wasn't a review, but more detailed feedback -- I'm wondering if it's a question of ambiguity in my wording or of cross-cultural misunderstanding.

[erimia]

Yeah, I see that there's nothing containing this question among the reviews. Maybe this reader thought that someone as naive as Anna is incapable of sarcasm?