I should probably unsubscribe from fanfictionrants ...

[blamebrampton]

In breaking news, someone said something silly on the internet. Full story at nine.

I just had to physically restrain myself from replying to a very nice person who had written a well-worded rant complaining that people writing Star Wars fics continually give the characters stupid dialogue and idiotic reasoning skills.

My response: 'Surely that's canon?' would not have contributed meaningfully to the conversation.

Bedtime, life is chaos, deadline filled with madness. Back to the world shortly with news about fire recovery and HP10K and more ...

Comments

[drgaellon]

No, probably not, because the ranter is unlikely to stop and think rationally about your statement... regardless of its unerring accuracy. Star Wars is canonized in sci-fi fandom because it was FIRST, not because it was especially GOOD, especially in light of (1) later works in its own universe (can you say "Jar-Jar Binks"? I knew you could) and (2) later works in the broader category which have surpassed it.