1) The word “anti” in the context of The DiscourseTM means about as much to me as “SJW” at this point—which is to say, barely anything. It’s more useful to take a stand against specific behaviors (i.e. harassment and suicide baiting) and/or beliefs (such as “fiction affects reality [implied: and I assume you think it doesn’t” or “because people can be groomed when xyz is portrayed as zyx, it should be harder to access if not banned outright to prevent abuse”) than making some broad claim about Those Evil Little Antis. (Especially relevant in the face of “it’s called being normal/having morals” sentiments.)
2) CinemaSins is not that bad. It is, as far as I’m aware (just having watched scattered videos here and there), an entertainment channel dedicated to being as amusingly anal as possible, and never claimed every last one of their nitpicks is legitimate criticism. The same goes for TVTropes being, at least in theory*, a neutral reference of recurring fictional devices, and not a judgment of quality. Sure, both are made by People and People Have Opinions and subjectivity and yadda yadda yadda but my point is you guys gotta read actual professional movie reviews to get mad about instead. *I’ve definitely seen a few tropes off the YMMV pages that… maybe should’ve been YMMV entries, but such is the joy/plague of alternate character interpretation.
3) Mint and chocolate is a good combination. Mint chocolate chip ice cream? Excellent. Fight me.
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Date: 2019-05-05 08:07 pm (UTC)Spicy! Yes.1) The word “anti” in the context of The DiscourseTM means about as much to me as “SJW” at this point—which is to say, barely anything. It’s more useful to take a stand against specific behaviors (i.e. harassment and suicide baiting) and/or beliefs (such as “fiction affects reality [implied: and I assume you think it doesn’t” or “because people can be groomed when xyz is portrayed as zyx, it should be harder to access if not banned outright to prevent abuse”) than making some broad claim about Those Evil Little Antis. (Especially relevant in the face of “it’s called being normal/having morals” sentiments.)
2) CinemaSins is not that bad. It is, as far as I’m aware (just having watched scattered videos here and there), an entertainment channel dedicated to being as amusingly anal as possible, and never claimed every last one of their nitpicks is legitimate criticism. The same goes for TVTropes being, at least in theory*, a neutral reference of recurring fictional devices, and not a judgment of quality. Sure, both are made by People and People Have Opinions and subjectivity and yadda yadda yadda but my point is you guys gotta read actual professional movie reviews to get mad about instead.
*I’ve definitely seen a few tropes off the YMMV pages that… maybe should’ve been YMMV entries, but such is the joy/plague of alternate character interpretation.
3) Mint and chocolate is a good combination. Mint chocolate chip ice cream? Excellent. Fight me.
That was a fun challenge, thank you! c: