For Those Keeping Score

Nannan writes, on the secret Builder's Lounge site, "enjoy the latest post on twee affect. I find it laughable how much these people try to have a voice when they can't achieve it through building."

Firstly, thanks for keeping with the lowercase on the ole' blog name. You are a poet, after all, so perhaps you are a fan of e. e. cummings... (the irony of a builder who resorts to poetry and storytelling when he cannot have a voice achieved solely through building accusing others of same is hopefully not lost on readers)

On topic, yet again people seem to forget how criticism works in the outside world. There is nothing out of the ordinary about people who do not make/create/direct/act in X critiquing the making/creating/directing/acting of X. Anyone who still clings to the "oh yeah? let's see you do better!" defense is, frankly, ignorant.

Now for the scorecard. twee affect has thus far blogged 48 models. 24 received predominantly positive reviews. 18 received predominantly negative reviews. 6 received neutral reviews or were not reviewed at all. So half are positive reviews, and the other half ranges from neutral to negative. Hardly an "in your face" and "distasteful" blog, as Nannan claims.

Lest we be accused of "unacceptably insulting individuals [in this case Nannan], unprovoked," we shall move on to Carter Baldwin, who writes that twee affect is "hypocritical" on account of the writers' lack of new models. The once nuclear level of production has admittedly slowed; unlike Nadroj, who writes that "LEGO is the only real joy a 17 year old has," the scribes have been distracted by college, girlfriends, boyfriends, travel, and the like. (No babies yet, sorry Peter!) Nonetheless, here is what they have built, in the last 6 months:

Nannan and the esteemed authors can find some common ground, however. Also on the secret Builder's Lounge forum, he writes that Turk's copycat new blog is "worse than twee affect." Agreed.

In any case, this whole discussion is tiring. Perhaps the whines and revelations of Builder's Lounge are best kept there. Back to the regularly scheduled half praising/half bashing of models!

Editor's note: All content in quotation marks in this article appears on the secret Builder's Lounge forum. Neither author is a member there; many FBTBers died to bring us this information.