I've heard it come up a bit, and I suppose it has come to a point where I have to address it. I've heard a lot of folks indicate that they think that Mole Cricket is a Gary Stu character. Well, I've said it before, and I will say it again: everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and I honestly don't expect everyone to enjoy my writing. However, I can't help but think that people are a little too eager to apply the label. I mean, yes, he's an OC, and OC's are often Gary Stu's. But

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I've had a lot of folks make comments about stuff in my stories, but for the first time, I had what could be called a real review of my most recent story. It wasn't just that he gave my story a glowing review, but he also touched on a lot of stuff that I really felt was important in the story, stuff a lot of folks either missed, or griped about, not realizing how important these parts were. But this guy, he gets it. Here's the post:

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