This ends up being why I have trouble with some fics - because a LOT of what people are talking about is on the writers NOT the characters. I can't blame Peter for much of his comments about sending Neal back to prison because it's the writers who don't realize the implications.

If X happened because the writers thought it would be good or work for the characters, but it's really offensive or troubling - is it really right to bash the characters for it? Again I get that the point of fan fic is using the characters to work out what happened in canon but I think there are just some things people need to accept as being unrealistic and totally the fault of the writers, and to not take it out on the characters.