Taranaki, Replicant would like to point out he thinks writing in the third person is a valid method of writing and serves to provide the reader with a variety of viewpoints and style to break up the monotony of the vast majority of posts written in the first person.
Replicant would like to point out he does not write in the third person as a rule but brings out this style occasionally to offer a more passive and detached style to his posts.
