My attempts at writing

Not to be aggressively European on tumblr dot com, but I did make it through the entirety of Platform Decay without once considering that, mayhaps, Murderbot’s struggles with public transport might be somewhat relatable to some people

It’s always fascinating to watch the fallout when the creator of a near-universally adored piece of media is revealed to be a horrible person. Because all of a sudden, the internet is flooded with people who apparently always hated their work. And of course a lot of those people maybe did like that piece of media or had no strong feelings, but they also happen to have a pathological need to seem morally superior or to never ever be associated with anything remotely problematic. But there must also be a subset of people who HAVE always disliked their work and who have been bursting at the seams for years to say how they really feel, but who didn’t want to go against the grain or start any drama. For example, while Coraline had some compelling bits, I don’t think it was very well written—it remains the one and only book I have ever read that I think genuinely overused the word ”said”. But I wasn’t really going around sharing that opinion when the Good Omens fandom was at its peak! So whenever something big like that happens and there’s suddenly an onslaught of people going ”well I always hated it”, I just wish I could send them a poll where the two options are ”I actually did always hate it” and ”It’s just very important to me that I seem better or less problematic than other people” and have them answer honestly. I want the stats!