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[mellohiplays]

something about them gets me every time

[opaliteskye]

One of the most annoying conversations when a book adaptation comes out is all the people getting mad at readers for disliking the adaptation and treating them like they're stupid for not getting that adaptations have to make changes.

When one, books are SO INCREDIBLY PERSONAL, even more than any other piece of media. Books don't have the same level of separation that comes from seeing something on a screen or stage in front of you. You're experiencing everything inside your head. The author can describe how things smell and feel and taste, fully immersing you in the world in a way no other medium can. For people who have images in your head while you're reading, you're creating your own unique picture of the world and characters. You're also inside the characters' heads, getting their inmost thoughts and feelings. It's all SO PERSONAL. So I do not care how good an adaptation is, I don't care if I personally LOVE an adaptation and think it hit everything out of the park, I will always understand if a reader dislikes an adaptation.

Two, critiquing things is good! This mentality that "people just love to hate things" and "people can't have fun" whenever others try to bring up their criticism veers into this fun little territory called anti-intellectualism! And if we want to have good media literacy in our society, maybe we should stop shutting down people expressing their reasons for disliking something! Just saying.

Three, just because someone is a fan of a book and says they dislike the adaptation does NOT mean they don't understand that adaptations are going to be different. Like duh, movies and TV will be different from books! Some things will have to get cut down in adaptations, whether for time or because it doesn't come across the same on screen. BUT that doesn't mean we should just accept all changes. I can't speak for every single reader ever, but I know when I critique an adaptation for making changes, it's because I found those changes to be unnecessary and negatively impact the story. Is too much from the book removed? Do the changes service the story or did the creator decide to replace scenes from the book with something else less effective? Why are we spending time adding random things while also neglecting to include important pieces of the book? Are the characters in-line with their original selves? How fleshed out are they in comparison to their original selves? Are the core themes the same? These are the kinds of questions I and many readers ask when coming to these places of critiquing adaptations, and we get met with "Adaptations are going to be different stop being annoying!" And it genuinely grinds my gears!

It also sucks way more to dislike an adaptation of a book you loved than to love an adaptation and find others disliking it (at least in my opinion) so why do people get so pressed about others disliking an adaptation? You got to enjoy the adaptation be happy about that!

[bookishjules]

we learn that conflict is man vs. man, man vs. himself, or man vs. the world... but what about man vs. the ghosts of the people who made him who he is today? man vs. the leaden threads of the past that remain part of life's tapestry despite his every effort to weave over and beyond them?

[suits-of-woe]

i love the moments in later shakespeare plays when the dialogue shifts to a less flowery and more naturalistic style. when characters repeat themselves or break off their sentences or forget what they were going to say. this is just a personal preference but i love the vibes of moving away from the very rhymey, perfect iambic pentameter of some of the earlier plays into something that feels a little more grounded.

[helenvaughans]

one thing i actually find impressive about the james bond theme songs is that most of them manage to take the title of whichever movie and use the lyrics to work it into an extended sexual innuendo that can also be read as a loose description of the plot and/or themes of the film

[pibbiscus]

Spent the whole day thinking about men I wish were really and I could kiss. I think that's

1. Super gay of me

2. A little sad but it's fine cause I'm being gay

[nurfgunn]

percy jackson on the brain....the only thing on the brain right now....

[dreaming-shark]

Ever notice how people only ever seem to talk about how platonic friendship between characters is So Important when one of the characters isn’t conventionally attractive?