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Matthew
is 45% done
It is now very clear that Pirateaba can't write believable smart characters. As soon as the story actually focuses on any character that has been described as smart, it becomes impossible to believe this description of them. Multiple supposed geniuses being shown to have comprehension skills of five-year-olds....
— Sep 13, 2026 09:20PM
Matthew
is 29% done
Wasting massive amounts of time on side characters.
Leaning even more into making supposedly smart characters acting exceptionally stupid without that in any way counting against them counting as smart to everyone else.
— Sep 13, 2026 07:01AM
Leaning even more into making supposedly smart characters acting exceptionally stupid without that in any way counting against them counting as smart to everyone else.

