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Maybe that's part of it. I have a distaste for stories doing the ROB route, born out of many odious fics on Spacebattles. The Random Omnipotent Being approach has a place, but at the same time it's cutting off a bunch of plot threads before they can even be spun. There's a slight suggestion here that this particular instance might have a point beyond 'ROB sets up the pins for the SI to knock down'.... and I really do hope that's the case. I find it hard to like ROB stories where things happen for the sake of it, without it even being acknowledged.
Then again, I've been a bit peculiar lately myself. The last fic update I put out got more of a mixed reception than normal, so I don't know anymore.
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