Reading the final of NE4, I think I understand why things have gone off the rails. Back when Chillie was still active, he and I were kicking around the concept that Grandeman or one of DS's other editors was actually writing the stories and that's why it seemed so off.
Now it would seem we have the proof, or it seems that way. I don't know if this was a mistake and we weren't suppose to see it, but I can't see a good reason for this to have been left in the final document on purpose. I mean it appears to me that for NE, Grande is doing the original writing and then DS is doing the final editing pass. And if it's happening on this series, then it could (probably is) happening on TA as well.
I don't have access to his Discord so maybe this is new or was discussed there, but it seems damn peculiar to me.
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