Rec: How To Be A Fan Of Problematic Things (Article)

[hells_half_acre]

Joey Comeau just tweeted this link, and I thought it was so good that I needed to share it.

How To Be A Fan of Problematic Things (small spoilers for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World and Game of Thrones.)

It's very simple and brilliantly written out.

I don't 100% agree with their "secondly" point, because I think it depends on who you are talking to...I

Comments

[claudiapriscus]

I've apparently had this tab open for a couple of days...but anyway, I just wanted to thank you for sharing the link. It's fantastic. I'm going to have to restrain myself from quoting it at people the next time the inevitable debate comes up, because they article just explained things SO well.

[hells_half_acre]

Yay! I'm glad you liked it! It really is a good article.

[kaybee751]

Ditto on the thanks for the link. I just finished reading a problematic book that was brilliant in some ways but deeply disturbing in others (a product of its time, having been written in the 1950's), and this really helps sort out those mixed feelings.

[hells_half_acre]

:) Glad it helped.