My face looks like this: >: I
You know what? I'm very good at analysis. I can read the subtext, I can apply the criticism, I can pick and prod and interpret and deconstruct like a freaking champ. I'm an English major. My entire college career has been variations on the theme of, "read this, and tell me eighteen different things it could mean."
Just because I can, though, doesn't mean I want to. And I really do try to keep a broad perspective, because if we all agreed about everything, the world would be unbearably boring; everyone is entitled to an opinion, even if that opinion isn't mine. But when people take something I love and deem it worthless, unnecessary, and harmful, my feelings get hurt. Call it oversensitivity or lack of backbone or just an undefined character flaw; fact is, it happens.
I just liked the story, okay? I liked the presentation, I liked the pace, I liked fangirling over it. That so-called critical analysis had some basis, but a) it wasn't airtight, and b) I didn't want to hear it. I don't know if this makes me a lesser being, but I was content just enjoying a story, problematic though it may have been. It was flawed, there were problems, but ye gods, have you seen the available alternatives? You're going to choose this as your example, really?
I don't have the right to shut down the conversation. I don't really have the right to be angry about it. Everybody gets an opinion, and engagement in a dialogue is always valuable.
I was just really happy, and that ruined my evening. Thanks for harshing the squee, critic.
Just because I can, though, doesn't mean I want to. And I really do try to keep a broad perspective, because if we all agreed about everything, the world would be unbearably boring; everyone is entitled to an opinion, even if that opinion isn't mine. But when people take something I love and deem it worthless, unnecessary, and harmful, my feelings get hurt. Call it oversensitivity or lack of backbone or just an undefined character flaw; fact is, it happens.
I just liked the story, okay? I liked the presentation, I liked the pace, I liked fangirling over it. That so-called critical analysis had some basis, but a) it wasn't airtight, and b) I didn't want to hear it. I don't know if this makes me a lesser being, but I was content just enjoying a story, problematic though it may have been. It was flawed, there were problems, but ye gods, have you seen the available alternatives? You're going to choose this as your example, really?
I don't have the right to shut down the conversation. I don't really have the right to be angry about it. Everybody gets an opinion, and engagement in a dialogue is always valuable.
I was just really happy, and that ruined my evening. Thanks for harshing the squee, critic.