I blame Dana Baird…
Beware the infodump, my child!
The bits that bore, the facts that fail!
Beware the as-you-know, Bobs
And handwavious exegesis!
The bits that bore, the facts that fail!
Beware the as-you-know, Bobs
And handwavious exegesis!
Take not the purple pen in hand:
Lest too long the tedious plot be splained —
Then resist the by-the-way asides,
And babble not the it-all-begans.
And hast thou slain the infodump?
Come to my arms pithy child!
O laconic day! Compact! Concise!’
He chortled in his brevity
Dana and I were on this panel at CONvergence and she said “Beware the infodump!” and this has been percolating ever since…
And, yes, I know it doesn’t scan perfectly, but I was trying to keep it brief…
The process that is.
See also: will commit doggerel for food.