I second what Nathan Paoletta and Mark Diaz Truman said.

I tried three times to make a point about how explaining the context of how to make up fictional material colors the method of that fictional creation in a way that choosing from a menu of options doesn’t. But I’m really tired and I couldn’t stick the landing.

Suffice it to say, I put a lot of this kind of stuff in the classic edition of With Great Power. And over the years, only two people have ever mentioned that they got anything good out of it. And both of them were fellow designers (Hi, Ralph).

But then, again, maybe the 2005 hobby wasn’t ready for it.