Nightelf wrote:

To be honest, I think Chris' fault in this case is honesty.  He 
effectively said, "I'll accept grammar corrections, and maybe some 
problems here and there... but I'm not going to alter the story for 
anyone's personal character preferences."  This is necessary with the 
type of stories Chris writes, where his vision branches off from the 
original canon, sometimes in radical directions.   In his works, the 
character being critiqued has often grown beyond the one the critic 
knows.  Sometimes, the only thing you can say to such criticism is 
"Sorry, but the Ryouga you're familiar with has changed from the man you 
knew.  If you want that man, Takahashi's work is great.  Unfortunately, 
he left here around Chapter 2, and he ain't coming back." 

I have to agree here.  I'm only a neuvo, wanna-be writer.  I don't
quite have the experience yet to really say, "This chara is the way he 
should be, and this chara isn't, you need to change this, this plot 
doesn't work, etc..." .  I'll stick to grammar, and perhaps minor 
plot points, like: "Err, wasn't that character just there?  How'd he get
here?  And what happened to that person?"  I feel that plot (overall)
should remain the concern of the writer.  

Just a small thought...

Dave Fox



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