[Suzerain of Sheol]

Originally Posted by Illusion

In that case, why do we have to have a story at all? (Deep critical thought and response on this question gives you bonus imaginary points!)

Well, considering I've voiced that very question elsewhere, I'm not sure what sort of response you're looking for here. I'm not sure if that was a sarcastic question or not, but that is my serious answer, regardless. I don't know that we do need one.

As to the rest of your post, I think Quiet already covered it sufficiently. I don't disagree with any of her points, which I suppose means I disagree with most of yours, but I can't imagine that surprises you at all.

I'm not sure I'm going to keep responding to you, since nothing productive is coming out of this conversation, and it's really derailing this thread from its intended purpose. If you want to feed this personal vendetta you have against me with a separate discussion or taking it to PMs, be my guest, but let's not delude ourselves into thinking anything valuable is emerging from this exchange.