"You look Time Lord."

tl;dr stands for 'too long; didn't read'. And because this is the Internet, and it is a strange and wonderful place, 'teal deer' stands for tl;dr which stands for...

It's definitely a large part personal preference with me, yes, which is why I'm doing my best to keep quiet and biding my time until Twelve turns up or Amy dies in a fire, whichever happens first. I do think there are writing problems there too, especially with River and the Doctor, but as you said - to each their own.