On 3/6/98 2:08 PM, Metthyew at Metthyew@aol.com wrote:

Well, as much as I sympathise with these arguments, they are somewhat off-
topic for the FFML, and are likely to cause a big fight and get Tybalt 
ticked off.
 

I disagree, and not just because I'll take any excuse to annoy the hell 
out of Tybalt. 

Which is *extremely* annoying in itself, particularly for someone (i.e. 
me) trying to catch up on 800+ back messages. You want to get in a 
personal feud with Tybalt, take it the hell *off* this ML. Please.

This is an important charachterization question that I'm surprised
hasn't been brought up before. It will directly impact how people write.

Granted. It's also, as Gary noted, divisive, doesn't seem to do much to 
change the minds of the participants, and ends up in a flamewar as often 
as not. The place where it belongs most  is in discussing the 
characterization *relating to a particular story* -- where the example 
can focus the debate and hopefully keep it from turning into an all-out 
flamewar.



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