>>"Hunter Rose" triggered my abandonment of the Symphony
>
>I'm curious - was it the Getter Robo scene? 'Cause that is rather
>silly. It's almost like the network told me to promote the new toy
>coming out next month.

I don't recall exactly, anymore, what made me throw my hands up in disgust and quit, but I do remember that the general vibe I got from "Hunter Rose" (and I don't know if that was your intent or not) was "HAY GUYZ LOOK HOW KEWL MY CHARACTERZ R"

... Which, if you've spent, uh, any time at all on the Internet gets old very, very quickly. (Hell, it's not even restricted to definite fanfic -- the Underworld movies gave me the same vibe, and they're ostensibly original fic. Resemblance to the OWOD notwithstanding.)

To elaborate a bit (before I go downstairs and finish making my breakfast), I didn't feel the same kind of desperation and riding the absolute edge of their skills that makes "Hunted Rose" work so, so well. It just felt like people getting a chance to show off.

- Sean
"All tribal myths are true, for a given value of 'true.'"
-- Terry Pratchett, from _The Last Continent_