LAST EDITED ON Nov-30-07 AT 00:08 AM (EST) by Ardaniel (moderator)
 
(Good Lord, dude, cut back your quoted text to relevant points only. The entire thread is accessible to everyone if they want to reflect back on specific interactions. --Ard)

>My suggestion is that you should try reading it all the way through,
>making a list of questions for yourself and answering them as
>you go along. If you get to the end of Apotheosis Now and
>still have unanswered questions, then go ahead and post them. Same
>thing with comments and criticism about the stories, as long as they
>stand on their own. It's one thing to compare and contrast 2 unique
>creative works that are similar, or to say "I liked X better than Y",
>it's another (unreasonable, IMHO) to say "you messed up" or "that's
>not right" because the authors decided to change things.
>
>The above is my own opinion alone, but I have a feeling that I'm not
>the only one who feels this way...
>
>Offsides
>
><...> in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
> -- David Ben Gurion
>EPU RCW #π
>#include <stdsig.h>

A setting is a setting. Changing that setting raises questions for most readers, Mine have been answered and i wouldn't have asked them if i didn't intend to read the work. I'm not saying that it's wrong or anything just murky for someone who watched the show. Shinji's absence almost killed the idea for me. (not to mention giving DJ the biggest "Gary-stu" award) I won't count DJ as a bad character as my peers in the fiction community do just yet. Although i have to say it saddens me a bit to see that the other side of the fence is just as intolerant of the work in question