>>(Also, and this is not specifically directed at you, Jeanne, but this
>>is where the discussion seems to have got to generally: When did we
>>arrive at the place where a particular installment suddenly had to be
>>Necessary? That's what most of the objections I'm seeing tonight
>>appear to amount to: "It just didn't seem to be necessary." Are we
>>seriously judging pieces now by whether you had to read them in
>>order to advance to the next loading screen or something? If so, uh,
>>dang. That's not gonna work out.)

while it's certainly *nice* to have piece after piece of plot-advancing action, eventually, my adrenal gland is going to run dry :) it was a nice change of pace.

>I think that part of the problem is that there's so many plots and
>subplots and whatnot going on that we (the readers) want to see, that
>when something comes out that doesn't address those existing pieces
>that some people are disappointed. I personally enjoyed the piece,

once i figured out (see below) what was happening and when, it was a nice look into Korra's background and the history of the Sato family, and there did appear to be a couple of things that hinted at Things To Come.

>though it did take me a bit to sort out exactly how it fit into things
>(timestamps are one thing, actually wrapping my head around the
>temporal flow is another :)).

i have this problem, too... it's one thing to read it, it's another to insert it in the mental hash-map..

>tongue is planted mostly in cheek. I say mostly because it seems like
>some people (myself occasionally included) have trouble deciphering
>the implications the various musical terms you use in the titles, at
>least in advance. Movements are obvious, some of the others less so.
>Of course, now I also have to say that I like them, even if I
>occasionally don't get them right away...)

personally, while i find the musical-term titling cute (like the episodes title of Chuck or The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), aside from movements and entracts, they don't really inform me (nor would it make any difference... i'm going to read them all even if you decided to call them {forgive me, i have a 5yo boy} "vomit-poop 1", "vomit-poop 1.3", etc... {come to think of it, given the latest cast member, that wouldn't be terribly inaccurate... ;) } {these nested parens are purely gratuitous})

>*shrug* You write, I read. It's all good in the end.

hear, hear!

-Z

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