I was going to say that the person involved in the non-dreamwidth-based debate isn't in fandom, and then I remembered that this individual is TOUCHY AS ALL HELL at the best of times, so: good point.
Online talking is hard. I only *can* "talk" with ppl this way, and I can't always get what I mean across well since I ahve so much trouble with words adn am so literal so much, and it frustrates me no end sometimes that I can't get what is in my head to the other person so they know what I mean, you know?