Tome of Battle: Why is it Divisive?

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I realize some of the maneuvers are Su, but not all of the fanciful ones....and IMO - and this is a purely personal, fluff preference - the effects of many of the maneuvers and stances just doesn't square with the fluff of the book, which drives home this ridiculous theme of "These dudes engage in Rigorous Martial Study and are really disciplined, stone-cold skilled Warriors", which reads like the backstory of so very many bad homebrew "ultimate katana master" type PrCs whose fluff is basically "we're fighters, but the good ones". Just call it magic, don't make me learn to call it 'initiator level' instead of 'caster level', 'martial script' instead of 'scroll', etc.

And 'maneuvers' and 'stances' - c'mon, that makes it sound like it's just particular handwork and footwork from fencing class. Just call it magic.