From:        Ranma Al'Thor, ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu

On Sun, 22 Sep 1996, Terrence M Marks wrote:

I tried that.  [Title: Dizzy Japan.]
Posted twice.  Got minimal feedback.
Darkfics, however, spark major flamewars that last weeks, while the funny
ones tend to generate, perhaps, 3 emails of moderate confidence.

Bottom line: You get what you pay for.

It's harder to criticize a comedy than something serious, except for 
catching spelling errors.

Well... maybe. :)

In all seriousness <g>, I do find it just as easy to critique a fun story 
as a serious story. If I'm doing a Windir/Frito/Lyra review, it's easier 
for me to do a fun story; they offer a lot more items for me to play off 
of when I'm writing the review. In fact, I've been making some effort 
recently to concentrate on more of the serious fics, because so many of 
the earlier fics I've reviewed have been funny fics.



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