Fantastically written, and very clear and helpful. Not a good critic of this kind of stuff - my reviews are limited to saying, "That guy walked straight out of the Cliche Factory, you used that word seven times in one paragraph and by the way political dissidents are not the same thing as revolutionaries."
So yeah. Um, keep it up. Et cetera.

artemis fowl seems like an annoying mary sue

I love Artemis Fowl! :)