Well, this is my first post, and on such an interesting topic too.
As a Thai myself, I am surprised to see someone from my country rises to popularity on a medium often dominated by Westerners. On the other hand, the argument that Thai people could not use English well at all is utterly and completely ridiculous.
If there's anything a Thai learns in his/her English classes, it's grammar, and writing. Thais are obsessed about getting grammars and spelling right, since it's drilled into their heads years after years whenever they sit in English classes. So if you take any Thai with enough English-class experience and put him/her against an English-speaking native in a writing contest, you might see an upset. The problem? Thai teachers teach too much grammar, and forget to actually teach speaking. So unless they have studied in international schools (where English is the first language, at least officially) or are honor students, conversations between Thais and foreigners could be hilarious (if the Thais haven't run away first :D)
/End rant
As for her content, she seems to be quite reasonable in her comments, but I can certainly understand how excessive snarks could piss people off. At least on her blog (maybe I should try to read her reviews), she seems to be doing a lot of defending rather than flaming. But her defending style rather stokes up the fires, not quelling them, and she seems to enjoy doing that a lot.
There, my first ever LiveJournal post, that was not as difficult as I thought. :D
P.S. Oh, and Inverarity, Alexandra Quick is by far my favorite fanfiction, thanks and good luck writing!
On Thais and other things
As a Thai myself, I am surprised to see someone from my country rises to popularity on a medium often dominated by Westerners. On the other hand, the argument that Thai people could not use English well at all is utterly and completely ridiculous.
If there's anything a Thai learns in his/her English classes, it's grammar, and writing. Thais are obsessed about getting grammars and spelling right, since it's drilled into their heads years after years whenever they sit in English classes. So if you take any Thai with enough English-class experience and put him/her against an English-speaking native in a writing contest, you might see an upset. The problem? Thai teachers teach too much grammar, and forget to actually teach speaking. So unless they have studied in international schools (where English is the first language, at least officially) or are honor students, conversations between Thais and foreigners could be hilarious (if the Thais haven't run away first :D)
/End rant
As for her content, she seems to be quite reasonable in her comments, but I can certainly understand how excessive snarks could piss people off. At least on her blog (maybe I should try to read her reviews), she seems to be doing a lot of defending rather than flaming. But her defending style rather stokes up the fires, not quelling them, and she seems to enjoy doing that a lot.
There, my first ever LiveJournal post, that was not as difficult as I thought. :D
P.S. Oh, and Inverarity, Alexandra Quick is by far my favorite fanfiction, thanks and good luck writing!