#in who fandoms Just So Happen to Dislike En Masse compared to everyone else; and why

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

tfw you keep trying to write up a concise Introduction of a Complex and Interesting Concept You Think About a Lot, getting distracted by an infodumping derail about The Breadth of the Subject, and running out of steam and having to start over ashdndmfb

#whosebaby talks #me waving a sign over my head: DISLIKING CHARACTERS IS A HIGHLY NUANCED AND PERSONAL THING #AND EXPLORING THAT AND LEARNING WHAT YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO AND COMPARING NOTES LEADS TO RICH ANALYSIS #disliking a character can be a geiger counter for certain themes and tropes and narrative devices; shitty or otherwise #and it's a highly personalized one between people and that's okay #and your ability to notice and analyze things doesn't end with what personally presses your buttons #in fact it's highly important to learn to recognize that you *won't* always have a visceral reaction to shitty things worth talking about! #and you can learn so so so many things from 'my dislike of something in fiction is not necessarily petty or irrational' #'and being colored by my personal feelings and experiences does not make it useless data; nor mean it should be treated as unimportant' #'and knee-jerk personal emotion not being objective or universal =/= *any* opinion i might have about fiction is subjective' #'especially if it's even slightly informed *by* an emotional reaction' #'my being personally triggered by a rape scene when someone else isn't does not mean it's up for debate whether it's a depiction of rape' #because fuck that shit running into hell #'but the emotional reaction itself *isn't* objective or universal; and is not synonymous with having an opinion' #'and that makes for both a rich tool of storytelling and analysis; and a check on my own potential assholery as well as other people's' #and i think this approach and its process are *critically important* #for addressing and deconstructing misogynistic/racist/ableist/fatphobic/anti-survivor/etc trends #in who fandoms Just So Happen to Dislike En Masse compared to everyone else; and why #i could go on and on and on it's so interesting and imo such an important principle to go by #gnaws on a table edge about it