I read the subject line of this post and almost bypassed it, figuring it was yet another wearying post-mortem performed on the long-dead corpse of the recent post by you-know-whom. But something about it drew me back...perhaps the length? I am not very familiar with the writer, so I figured that I could read the first few lines and hit "scroll" if my first assumption turned out to be correct. Heaven knows that I have grown weary of these long-winded debates over someone who exists merely to be a troll. But I was captivated. By far, IMHO, this post was the *VERY BEST* response to this whole unnecessary mess. Not only did Kendra capture the originally-bizarre use of Norse mythos as used by U-no-hoo; she pinpointed the very crux of the entire situation by attributing the actions of He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named to the notorious Loki. I found this amazing, and I was hit over the head with the weirdest sense of deja-vu -- because that was the ONE WORD that popped into my own head when I finally read the original post that has caused all of this mayhem. I thought, "LOKI". How fitting! (And please do not misinterpret my associating HWSNBN with Loki as in any way suggesting that EL has any resemblance to godlike status!) I was amazed. Not only did this woman stirringly re-animate our Heroine-at-large; she used H.W.S.N.B.N.'s own weapons against him -- and without bloodshed. I LOVE this use of fire-against-fire. And she did it so well! Thank you, Kendra, for one of the best posts I have read from this group, ever. Now, I wish that we'd all move on, and stop feeding HWSNBN more sludge and anger to feed his obscene ego. I trust that he has been sitting and feeding on all of this rage for days, laughing at how "clever" he is, and what an amusingly "meta-writer" he is. Really, as far as I'm concerned, Kendra's post is a fitting CAP to the last few days' posts, so please, folks -- let her have the final word. *STANDING OVATION TO KENDRA*!!!!! ~Eri in Texas [Posted in FML 6296]