I seriously don't think there's any veiled criticism of your work Rainbow, or of anybody's effort. I have read your input and value it and you have always presented it as your version of the alternate reality rather than anything that should be considered canon or better than canon.
I have no problem with any different versions and indeed I enjoy reading them even if I disagree with them. Sometimes, the method of delivery is more difficult to swallow than the actual work and this is what can generate tension.
I'd like to see any debate about a non-canon issue limited to a single post followed by a single rebuttal from the original poster. After that let's agree to disagree and move on for the sake of sanity if nothing else. All of us have a certain entrenched feeling about the game or we wouldn't still be working on it after twenty odd years: no-one is going to win an argument on this forum so it's probably best to stop debating.
On a personal note, I value everyone's contribution to this forum even though some people irritate me sometimes (yes James, I am talking about you including James Bloody Blunt in canon: that's a executable offence in my book), and I would hate to see anybody lost because of acrimony.
Maybe this format would be best:
1) Post an opinion
2) Anyone who wishes to comment does so once
3) The poster can post one rebuttal then move on after having agreed to disagree
If people desperately want to continue a debate, take it to PM.
Arguments on this forum leave everyone poorer and nobody wins.
As for my original reason to post, don't take it personally Rainbow, I'm pretty sure no one is trying to have a dig at you. It's easy for me to be sanguine as none of the work I'm doing on the TK2 universe is out there for debate but I think you're right: you're too emotionally close to your work and seeing brickbats where there are none.
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