Егор Рыженко

"There is no such problem that can't be solved with sufficient application of overwhelming firepower", "I just throw things at the wall and see what sticks. Some people call it science.", "...I thought it was the weakest part of the movie. And my beef (part of it) is that, like with the Hobbit movie, media directors of all sorts now feel that they have to have a romantic subplot in everything. Even when it's not appropriate, not realistic, and not needed. There's so much more going on that could be focused upon and developed, but instead resources and time have to go towards sex and romance, and I feel like that really takes away from the rest of the experience. Now, I don't hold this standard on works that are centered on on a romance or relationship— it's when the romance gets shoehorned in and doesn't add anything substantial to the story otherwise. I've gone on a rant on this forum in the past about this, relating to authors spending paragraphs describing someone's 'assets' and how they're suddenly better than canon due to changer powers or whatever. My point boiled down to, "Is this necessary for/adding to the story? No? Then why are you spending so much time on it?"" "There's tempting fate and then there's walking up to fate, kicking it in the balls, and poking it in the eye with a stick. This is the latter."