#criticism

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

Frankly I think some misconceptions of things aren't based in a lack of "critical thinking", they're based in a lack of good faith. When some jackass decides that the purple clouds in Halo Evolved mean secret transgender signaling, it's not a lack of critical thinking, it's bad faith. When someone insists that the author is clearly using their work to spread hatred by having a villain say hateful things, it's not a lack of critical thinking, it's bad faith. No amount of intelligence or Literature classes or media analysis skills will help you read themes when you've already decided to interpret the work in the worst way possible.

[myfandomrambles]

Only what's on the page is Canon BTW. Like I just feel so annoyed with writers saying bullshit about their shows/books/movies and expecting me to consider it Canon. Like fuck you shut the fuck up. If it's not on the page of a canon piece of material its not fucking cannon its as valid as my headcanon.

[naomiknight-17]

Ok, look. I'm not a poet. I took high level communications courses in college, not creative writing or literature.

So take my opinion with a heaping tablespoon of salt but

This poem.... is fucking terrible. It reads like something I wrote when I was 13 and angsty and hadn't read enough books yet

And it's in a book that OP is trying to sell. And he put real money into blazing this post to make me look at (and suffer through) it

There are but 3 reviews on Amazon, all 5 star. At least he has 3 friends who are willing to lie to support him cuz yeeeeesh

[kurozu501]

I still remember getting around 50 or so hours into breath of the wild and just… feeling my interest drain away. Suddenly realizing that all the story is in the past, and the actual game is just running around checking things off of lists. It was the first time i realized the inherent flaws of an open world game design. Everything has to be optional because the designers have no clue when you'll do what, or if you'll even do something. Twilight Princess was able to write an entire character arc for Midna because they could build in every step of her growth along the linear path they knew the player would take. They could build in a mid game twist because the game was linear. Made Midna still one of the most iconic characters in the series. BOTW cant do that. The sum total of everything you can do in breath of the wild's big fancy open world amounts to "how much of our already easy and short final boss battle would you like to skip?"

idk. The zelda games i grew up playing had such a satisfying feeling of growth and journey to them. Being able to run right to the final boss from the start is not appealing to me. I was completely hooked for awhile, it took time for the game to lose its appeal. There was just this moment like 60-70 hours in when i realized that i couldn't actually do anything in botw to affect the story. I was running around a big pretty empty bowl checking things off of lists. All the important story happened 100 years ago and all i get to do is choose how long i take dragging my feet to bring it to an end. Suddenly the whole world felt so empty, and the spell botw had on me was broken.

[jbtrekpost]

Sometimes you can go home again.

A long time ago in a galaxy not so far away....

When I was about seven I was over at my cousin's house for one of our regular sleepovers my cousin told me to look at a DVD. It was a crude DVDR with the words "Star Trek Episode III" inscribed in permanent marker. It was a bootleg of the newest Star Wars movie my uncle had gotten from a friend at work. I had never seen a Star Wars movie or even heard of it before, being from a very sheltered household. We popped it in the DVD player and I was transported into a magical world that brought me to places I had never been before. I was instantly hooked, I didn't have any idea what was going on but I liked it. It started my love affair with sci-fi that continues to this day.

Of course I grew up and while I still liked Star Wars my interests in sci-fi drifted I got hooked on harder Sci-fi like Star Trek and Doctor Who. Both shows are doing so well at late. With the limbo of Star Trek and the recent cancellation of this current version of Doctor Who. I have come back to my old friend, my first love of sci-fi for a good look. Been playing more Star Wars video games and been rewatching the movies with my friends and watching the lore videos on YouTube. So I'll be doing more stuff about that now for a while. So... maybe in dark times it's not bad to indulge in nostalgia every now and then.

May the Force be with you,

JB

[kandifluff]

i physically dont understand how someone could ship fireafy, tengolf or coinpin, or mabye even all three because what tge fuckkckkkk those are the most basic and predictable ships ever and theyre not even good AND theiyre straight🙁‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️🙁🙁‼️‼️‼️‼️🙁🙁🙁🙁 its a triple wha,mmy

[ansy1984]

NASA addresses criticism over all-male crew selected for Artemis III test mission

When NASA’s Artemis III mission launches next year, the crew won’t include any women — a revelation that sparked controversy after the agency on Tuesday announced the four astronauts selected for the flight. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “Not a single woman flying on Artemis III is an insane choice,” Alexandra Doten, a space…

NASA addresses criticism over all-male crew selected for Artemis III test mission