Hee, I saw the Zvi post linked to from metafandom but I then carried on reading other things because I come from a distinctly different position (in short: with original works, if the characters or the world don't grab me I can at least give marks for effort, whereas fanfic has to convince me it's *not* coasting on shortcuts) and this is something where I'm very each-to-their-own so I didn't want to go argue.