[ajlaban]

Coelacanth,

I agree with the vast majority of your comments, and particularly with your "diagnosis" that much of the extant impatience with the starfish is simply because he is the newest kid on the block (and a different sort at that) and is drawing an inordinate amount of attention. Once other new "kids" show up he'll assume his role as part of the mix.

However, I would not be in favor of Jim reducing his speed. We do like to see him doing something and the bounds of realism are properly stretched to that extent in my opinion.