Blues and Quint Both Answer A Question About Misconceptions

[Below is an archived version of selected thread responses to a LiveJournal crosspost originally here and here, because LiveJournal became hard to impossible for me to access. Icons and threading not preserved, nor are other peoples' replies.]

[Martel Selik Lichtenstein (nevertrustcrows@livejournal.com)]
It's getting close to Halloween in Lichtenstein's world which means the days are closing up earlier and the nighttime freeze is working extra shifts. The colder it gets, the more tempting it is to move into the Nexus permanently. Like last time, he's sitting with a book in his lap. Except this time it has his own writing in it. He spins a worn down pencil between his fingers as he thinks.

"Do you ever encourage stereotypes or misconceptions that are linked to you? Why do you do it? Or else, why do you refuse to?"