What! You DARE to believe that fiction has any relevance WHATSOEVER to our own lives? Have you considered that OUR LIVES might not have any relevance WHATSOEVER to fiction?

In the meantime, come on all you boys and girls! Close your eyes and cross your fingers and say it together, louder and louder, until Tink Shame is well:

I DO believe in Shame!

I DO believe in Shame!

and so on.