the poor taste of the unwashed masses

[cimorene]

also. for those of you who, like me, have this syndrome whereby you think you're always right, and everyone who disagrees with you is probably wrong although you don't want to be too mean and unaccepting about it and of course other opinions are acceptable but it's just how could they think that. especially when it's not what you think?

uhm. so yes, have always been of the opinion that the vast majority of people are stupid. evidence the kind of books that get to be vastly popular, with, of course, the notable exception of harry potter--except that hp isn't even the best of its genre (british children's fantasy) out there, and it just figures the best wouldn't come close to it. right. but look at tom clancy, stephen king, danielle steele, that dude who wrote jurassic park, and the guy who writes all those exactlythesame!lawyer novels that are supposed to be dramatic. even within sff, look at mercedes lackey, marion zimmer bradley, anne mccaffrey, david weber. the list goes on.

pop music is obviously the exception here, because the only criterion for it isn't absolute quality of music/etc, but also includes catchiness, sparkliness, cool dance moves, appearance in eye makeup.

ahem. so. my point is that i shouldn't be surprised when the very slash stories that i find the most maudlin, insipid, predictable, mischaracterized repetitive bullshit ever garner pages of feedback and squishy gushing goodness from hordes of fans. why? well, evidently brain damage, or simple native lack of intelligence and good taste. so why am i surprised? but i always, always am.

naming no names of fics. hey, i'm probably not talking about any of the people who are reading this.

someone agree with me to make me feel better.

*pout*

Comments

Haha, that's life isn't it

[kwirbx.livejournal.com]

Kind of like Dead or alive 3 compared to Tekken 4. Sure, doa 3 has really pretty girls, mad-looking tags, chasm falls and crazy stuff like that which would make someone passing by say "Hey, doa 3 looks better because of the cheap gimmicks!" But we all know that Tekken 4 has 10 layers of depth BEYOND doa3. Cheap button mashers get a kick out of doa 3 because they randomly push buttons and do exciting things. Cheap button pusher get their asses kicked in tekken 4 because tekken was built with the pro players in mind. (ecept for maybe christy/eddy and that just-frame kuma) Yeah, most people are stupid and just don't understand and it is annoying that doa 3 is heralded as one of the best fighting games ever. (stupid xbox) I hope that wasn't too off base. I mean, I wouldn't dare comment on what good slash is because I've read so little of it. Point being, I'm relating it to video games, because that's what I know a lot about so don't get mad and call me stupid for saying what I said because it DOES make sense if you think about it and it shows that I understand. That's what the whole point of this is right??

Re: Haha, that's life isn't it

[cimness.livejournal.com]

why do you think i would get mad and call you stupid?

i don't really know what you're talking about, having no familiarity with either game, but i'm sure you're right. the same principles apply everywhere.