Just a few things to say.

        Kun-chan is always right even if she is not.

        Taleswapper is a very good C&C-er.  Highly detailed comments and
criticism that makes you go 'hmmmm'.  

        Why do some people have to get all blown up about a harmless post
from him?
        Here's an analogy similar to this debate.

        The movie WaterWorld was a flop in the box office because, I think,
of negative C&C from the critics.  I love WaterWorld because I have seen it
prior to hearing the negative C&C and I thought the story was excellent.  

        Different people like different things and too many people follow
what the almighty critics have to say of certain fics and what not (me
included, up till recently).

        Did Taleswapper say anything in his post about fics that he DIDN'T
like?  Maybe that tells us that he does have fics that he liked, but he also
has stories that he liked better than most?  Maybe that is why the Award
part was meant for the authors he liked overall.

        Remember (no offense to Taleswapper), a critic is just one person
and does not represent the world.