Ok, having this discussion with me is probably a pointless replacement, but I don't think that to say that was actually Emmie's intention, to my mind she put up some comparative points up for discussion, not setting Moore as the absolute standard.

And I don't see the point of Aycheb's argument, because the gist of it seems to be "Meh, Moore uses esoteric motifs in his story, therefor he must be an idiot", which seems a very lacking analysis to me that doesn't allow for much conversation.