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CyborgSage00x0 posted...

But it's inane to have that same reaction to thousands of fans, whom you have no control over and will rarely, if ever affect the art in question itself.

But you're missing the point. What I'm describing is more of a process.

Basically, first you realize that something has a lot of shitheel fans. The next step is wondering exactly what about the work in question causes those sorts of people to be fans in the first place. At that point, once your critical eye in engaged, you start to see the flaws more easier while glossing over the positives. You may notice negatives you never realized before, and your opinion of the thing is lowered. Conversely, if you experience the terrible fans BEFORE the thing in question, you may find yourself completely unable to appreciate it at all because of that same perception, whereas, if you'd been exposed to it in a vacuum, you might have been more open to enjoying it.

In essence, the terrible fans have caused you to look at the thing in a new light, and thus, your subjective perception of the thing is absolutely changed.

And because art and entertainment are almost entirely subjective, changing someone's perception of a thing absolutely changes the value of that thing.

I'm not saying that "I dislike a product because I dislike its creator" as much as "My distaste for a creator/fans/social movements/etc has led me to be more critically aware of the flaws."

Yes, I'm sure a lot of people are just viscerally reacting to the fans and going "I hate these people, therefore, I will now deliberately hate the thing they love". But I'm also suggesting there IS a potential middle ground there, where someone is really only reacting to the work itself but STILL being affected by the shittiness of those fans.


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