izzyizumi reblogged
Why did “be critical of your media” turn into “find all its flaws and hate it” why did people become allergic to FUN
Because people confuse “critical as in critical thinking” with “critical as in criticizing something,” so they think that “look for something bad, no matter how far-fetched” is what “being critical” means.
#fandom#fandom issues#fandom negativity#fandom discourse#media criticism#bad media criticism#bad faith media criticism#bad faith arguments#critical thinking#media analysis#(That Said)#(@ Fandom It Doesn't Have To Be Like This)#(You can be critical of your media consumption)#(WITHOUT)#(Finding and nitpicking about every single little flaw you can possibly find in the series and trashing it to hell & back CinemaSins style)#(While calling that ''''media criticism'''' and ''''critical thinking'''' and ''''literary analysis'''' and ''''meta'''')#not dgmn#DIGIMON FANDOM RELEVANT#ADVS FANDOM RELEVANT#ADV FANDOM RELEVANT#02 FANDOM RELEVANT#(MAYBE)