There’s been a lot of heated debate in the SFF community of late (Shocking I know) but I’m gonna put it out there, lay it down and damn the twitter-torpedoes:  it’s all hand-wavey, glittery, flib-flab hoohah. We all know it. But we’re too scared to say it. The REAL issues, issues that have been chaffing at that community crotch we all choose to work, play and fondly nestle in, are CONSCIOUSLY OVERLOOKED.

Well, this here crazy-assed cat has had enough! In fact, he precisely had enough at midnight(ish) last night (When the snack machine at work ran out). I fired up the smartphone and smacked its digital qwertyslab with my two righteous thumbs, determined to ask the question no one else can get their shit together to even hint at. To wit:

How my heart quivered! For I was not alone! Clearly, other have-a-go-heroes were sick to the wisdom teeth by the ugly silence long-pervading this subject. A few minutes later, the engineering-minded got in on the deal…

Fortunately, my cry for help was finally confronted…