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Terry Pratchett footnotes are a whole different kind of fun, yes.

Some people read [1] or * as interruptions. Teach from four years ago said we'd find [names in here] intrusive at the start of the course, but by the end just skim right over them, and I find that to be so. So I guess its a case of what you're used to.

I like the historical research, I guess for similar reasons to why I like Highlander and not Xena. Highlander's history is twisted too, but you get the vague feeling they're trying. Xena always makes me teeth grindy with Getting Things Wrong, even though I totally know that isn't the point. My brain just doesn't like it. Research notes show people are trying, and point at places that say how things are actually Right, and then my brain likes it better.

Even though when I'm writing, I'll read a whole bunch of research and then ignore it a lot. I make no claims to consistency.