Subject: Yes, I was.
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Posted on: 2013-06-27 15:51:00 UTC

Being facetious, that is. But being above mind control is kind of a power, and something that makes a character cool.

No, I don't find the LOTR roots to be a bad thing. It's just that I'm not a huge Tolkien fan, so when the Board goes back towards those roots it makes me feel left out. And I'm probably not the only one. Also, the way Tolkien's work sometimes seems to be held up as a flawless masterpiece worries me. I know that most of the time it's just an expression of "these are good books how dare a Suethor trample all over them", but I get wary of any thinking that doesn't sound balanced. Not just in the PPC but all of fandom, and I'd like to think we're better than that here.

I do respect that other people like it more, and I like that it is kind of a universal fandom. Bottom line, if we start acting like a LOTR community it makes me feel left out, but most of the time we're multi-fandom with roots in LOTR, and that's cool.

I hope that clears things up.

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