That One Blog Where...

People will literally get in a fight with you about anything. This one person started a whole long comment chain with me because "not all deadbeats!" ...uhm, do you know the definition of the word??? If someone is a deadbeat, they (BY DEFINITION) do not care about their children. BY DEFINITION. If they cared, they would not be deadbeats. They would fight tooth and nail to be in their children's lives. They would fight to have the 'deadbeat' title removed from being associated with them by taking an active role in their kid's lives.

It's absolutely mind bogglingly ridiculous. Why would anyone even fight about that??? lol

As a writer, it actively sucks that you're not allowed to write "bad" characters or have people be morally grey anymore. Everyone needs to be this perfect little Mary Sue to be liked. They're not allowed to have flaws or mess up.

Like I can understand not liking a character who is written to be 100% evil with no redeeming qualities, but then extrapolating that to any character you deem "unworthy" while making excuses for your favs is just so ughhh.

In the best case scenario, people then decide that they like *this* character in particular and excuse all their bad actions; while simultaneously condemning *that* character when they do something bad. It feels so icky to me.

I understand everyone has a right to their opinion; but at times it just feels like people like it when things are simple. You either support X or you support Y. You can't just enjoy the show and you have to dunk on people who support the opposite team. It's so toxic. It feels like "sports" mentality has seeped its way into high fantasy and I hate it.

I may be misremembering, but back in the day (with GOT) when Robb killed Karstark EVERYONE knew it was stupid and called him out for it despite him being one of the fav "Starks". I feel if that same scene was released today everyone would make excuses for Robb. I'm also remembering reading the Hunger Games book and being so chuffed about the political commentary--until they released the movie and a bunch of people were all "Team Peeta" vs "Team Gale" and completely missing the point. So maybe it existed long ago and I'm really only noticing it now.

I hate that everyone is injecting modern morality into this medieval dragon show. I feel like that ruins it. You can't write in a 'historical' or 'otherworldly' setting because it needs to align with what people currently believe is right. I feel that takes away that timeless quality that comes with high fantasy.

I'm really getting old people.

Looking for someone to discuss my HotD theories I went on tumblr.

And of course you have people falling into the trap of rooting for one team or another. Calling each other out each time a character does A BAD THING. OMG Rhaenys murdered small folk. OMG the greens crowned a rapist. And pretending that each one is better than the other. FFS just enjoy the show for what it is. A murder incest fest of depravity and evil. Don't pretend your choice is better than the other just cos of your 'favs'. Each side has flaws, which is what makes the story interesting.

"You darn black stans--" "You darn green stans--"

STFU and enjoy the show wtf.