Dear Princess Celestia, This is something that I've talked about in one of my classes this semester, but I wanted to hear more thoughts on it: is it truly possible to separate the art from the artist? Can we look at a work of art and judge it without thinking about the artist, even if the artist is notorious for being horrible? Here's the example we used in class: Roman Polanski: Directed Macbeth (1971) and Chinatown (1974), but drugged and sexually molested a small girl ...

Dear Princess Celestia, Is it wrong of me to want the people who live above me to not hammer something 24/7? That's all I hear all day: POUND POUND POUND POUND POUND, like a hammer against the floor. What happens when I complain to the management and they don't take action? I need advice!