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dellanfere hate the fandom idea that if you criticise something it means you hate it and hate everyone enjoying it. that's false. i can't stop criticising overwatch, but if you'd look at my blog for 3 seconds you'd also see i love the game. every book i've read in the last couple of years has contained things i criticise them for, and yet i've read my top favourite books of all time during that time as well the idea that you can criticise a creator's work and the idea that you can still enjoy it can co-exist. acting like everything you consume can never be criticised is dangerous, because it means people won't talk about improvement in, for example, portrayal of minorities. it also shows how extremely privileged the anti- discourse part, the just enjoy the work" part, of fandom is, because complaining about artistic discourse purposefully shuts down voices that aren't white, cisgender and heterosexual: it's white fans that complain about how fans of colour ruin their fandom by bringing up racism, it's cis fans that complain about how trans fans ruin fandom by bringing up transphobia within the work, it's heterosexual fans that complain about how lgbt fans ruin everything by bringing up homophobia criticising media is healthy, it's good, and it's what improves what we consume criticism is a part of the artistic culture, part of a discussion between consumers and its creators, and fandom needs to realise that it can't separate itself from that golbatgender And criticizing media does not mean harassing or slandering fans! lesbianladykluck no golbatgender this post was made during a discord discussion we had on separating valid media critique from fandom's tendency to take criticisms personally, it has nothing to do with pedos like yourself using deliberately vague terms like harassing and slandering fans" in place of "criticised for consuming child p---". this post is not for people like you

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Icecane

Mar 10, 2018 at 11:24AM EST

They have a point, for the most part. You need to be able to see the flaws in something even when you enjoy it.

Though, the second portion's a bit off. I've seen plenty of instances with people bringing up racism and the like when there isn't any to try and tear apart a form of media. Or they'll shout out, "that's racist, don't ever let anyone see it again!!" and try to act like it never existed instead of acknowledging the flaws of the time and letting others learn that it's bad and why.

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The greater aerie

Mar 10, 2018 at 12:15PM EST

The addition of race and other such things in the examples doesn't seem necessary as a broad term one is simply able to criticize everything for whatever reason and still enjoy it. Adding the angle of race and presupposing the motivations who might disagree is a bit rude but perhaps I've not wasted enough time on tumblr to actually see the accusations manifest.
It seems an unnecessary way to politicize something, if someone enjoys it and doesn't want to be criticizes it generally doesn't matter the angle unless they see the critique as wholly ridiculous.

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