I've just been reading bits of this aloud to lil_shepherd and we have both been grinning hugely - you are such a fun raconteur. As all good 'critics' are (this is why I have various collections of critical studies on my shelves, from Q, through Michael Billington to Charles Shaar ("The bastards weren't LOUD enough") Murray.)

Lots of sense here too - back in the Dark Ages of fandom Lil and I used to run a critical fanzine and learned your distinctions very quickly (apparently one is not allowed to critique poetry because 'it comes from the heart' - well, so it should, but that doesn't mean that it shouldn't at least scan)

I think I need to ramble on a bit about this on my lj.

Meawhile - your CAPSLOCK to Andy Murray appears to have worked - could you do some more for the final?