Tag: OP

Apparently Tumblr counts failed video posts as still being a video post and removes those minutes from your allowed total for the day. Also it told me my video failed to post because it “exceeded your daily limit” or “exceeded the allowed file size”, neither of which is true. But okay.

I don’t understand the mindset of “you criticized an aspect of that thing, you must hate it”.

I criticize everything.

I hate a thing? I’ll criticize the hell out of what I don’t like about it, generally with specific reasons why I don’t like said things. And I admit, sometimes it’s just really fun to tear something you dislike to shreds and rub dirt on it. It can be kind of exhilarating.

I love a thing? I’m still gonna criticize aspects of it I don’t like or feel like could have been better because it’s impossible for anything to 100% meet everyone’s standards. I talk about the stupid/nonsensical/poorly-written stuff my favorite characters do about as much as I talk about stupid things characters I hate do.

I like discussing things. If there weren’t flaws to pick at there’d be a whole lot less to talk about. I love when I can honestly discuss what’s good/bad about a movie, game, character design, etc. and all parties involved are accepting of other opinions even if they don’t align with their own. That’s how you get new perspectives on things, and maybe sometimes even change your opinion in a good way. It’s not always just, “This thing is good. Let’s talk about how it’s good even though we both have the exact same opinion and there’s nothing new to say about it.”

Similarly, it’s possible to talk about a character’s intentional flaws without thinking that flaw makes them a bad character. Flaws are necessary. They make a character interesting, realistic, and well-rounded. But I can accept and understand why a certain trait adds to a character while still finding it annoying or not particularly liking it. For example, sometimes child characters are annoying as hell, because they’re done realistically. I can appreciate that they’re done realistically while still finding it annoying as hell as someone who has worked with children. That doesn’t necessarily mean I hate their existence. Just like I don’t hate every human being with one character trait I’m really not fond of.

Not everyone has to adore every single feature of something for them to “truly” love it. Otherwise no one would have friends.