Funny… as a long-time graphic novel reviewer, my attitude towards ‘reality’ has shifted a lot over the years, and at this point I’m willing to entertain pretty much any unfamiliar (read “crazy") story premise, as long as that world has an internal consistency.

So the story and setting might as well be set inside another universe (or black hole), with its own differing set of natural laws, but for me it has to live up to that premise, and not take any shortcuts along the way just because it’s ‘exotic.’ For me, you’re not allowed to cheat like that, but of course, some try to!