Reading The Artists Way by Julia Cameron made me incredibly unsympathetic as an artist lol
“I could have written this better-” do it.
“A child could make that!” then make it.
“If I were in charge it would be better!” get in charge then.
She pointed out somewhere in there that every dumb pointless critique that doesn’t provide valuable feedback for the artist is just a blocked artist… to paraphrase horribly… being a bitch. They’re blocked and won’t admit it, sometimes won’t even admit they’re an artist, so they’re miserable and misery loves company. I’m not fostering that shit.
“This character ruined the whole story” this, “how did such a shoddy art style get so popular” that. If you hate it so much make your own. And I better not see you writing fan fiction with an “I fixed it” author’s note or so help me god-