Is there any value to adding “thorns” to this? Or is that too confrontational?

Aside: in a college writing class I took we’d do in-class critiques of each other’s stories, but the prof had a rule that the author was not allowed to respond in any way. Since you won’t be there to explain things when people read your work, you have to sit silent and accept what people make of your work. Not sure if that has a place in here somewhere.