So I'm settling in for a six hour shift at work and I thought now might be a good time to toss a whoooole lot of crap out at one time. Rather than spamming you guys I've decided to make one reeeeeally long post with many cuts. I don't recommend reading the whole thing.

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One of the recurring questions I see pop up with regard to fandom is one I've been thinking on quite a bit myself: "Why isn't there more constructive criticism of fiction?" And you know what? It's a good question. I have, interestingly, two separate and unrelated answers. I'll be discussing one in this post, and the other in a separate post on ( Read more... )

This will only make sense if you watch Live Free or Die Hard with your "maximum akchun" glasses along with your "in akchun world, all this is plausible" glasses and your "John McClane's super-power is that he's tougher than you" glasses ( Read more... )