On Wed, 13 May 1998, The Eternal Lost Lurker wrote:

...and I know I've added to, and am adding to further, the problem
here and now, but folks...enough is enough.

Look at what we've got going right now:

"Ryouga's Direction Sense" (Pointless argument)

Not at all pointless. It's an issue of how legitimate a particular element
of many fanfics is in comparison to the source material.

"When did Mrs. Tendo Die?" (The question's been answered...)

And opened other questions.

"Nihongo Verisimilitude" (We've beaten pronouns and "wa vs. ga" to
death, thank you.)

In your opinion.  Given the use of Japanese in many fanfics, this is
important to some people.

"Angel, Schmangel" (Which has become a spam thread about the contents
of the Dead Sea Scrolls and would be more appropriate to the EVA ML
than the FFML)

Also relevant to a fanfic series.
 

The FFML is starting to look like rec.arts.anime.misc, folks. That's
sad. 

No, if we had a constant stream of 'best babe' and 'who could whoop who'
threads, this would be RAAM.

Just because you're not interested doesn't make these SPAM the way 'best
babe' threads are spam.  These threads all have some relevance and aren't
just people babbling maniacally.  

 > Do you think the members of the FFML, as a collective whole,
can

possibly find it within themselves to let these threads ride off into
the sunset/sunrise/planetary conjunction? It would be beneficial to
all of us. 

No it wouldn't.


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