The Agony and the Ecstacy

[dumbledore11214]

> bboyminn:
> > 
> > In fact, there is a thread that does exactly as you 
> > suggest. This person simply says... 'eh... the books
> > simply didn't do it for me'. I don't agree with that
> > but they didn't like it, so they didn't like it; that's
> > life. Even if I can't understand it, I can easily
> > accept that this person simply didn't like the book.
> > 
> > But that is quite different from being vehemently 
> > incensed over some minor point, or because your
> > favorite plot line wasn't resolved the way you 
> > wanted. Annoyed-OK, but vehemently incensed is over
> > the top. 
> 
> Magpie:
> Isn't that what we do in fandom, nit-pick over different points? 
> I've ignored tons of threads that nitpicked over the years trying 
to 
> cover plot-holes I didn't need covered. (For instance, I don't mind 
> how the letter got to Sirius' place, but it seems like an expected 
> fandom thing to argue about how it doesn't work.) I mean, it seems 
> to me that it also might be that the person who's saying "eh, it 
> didn't do it for me" is okay because they're not challenging 
anybody 
> else. A person who hated the book might be equally okay with a 
> thread saying, "I really liked it!" but be more likely to engage 
> with somebody saying "The book was brilliant and here's why..." 
> That's when you tend to get into back and forth arguments.


Alla:

Right on this point I agree with Magpie. I mean, Steve does it matter 
whether criticism is on small points or major ones?

We do nitpick all the time and like for example if we were on LOTR 
discussion group, you bet I would ask you to explain in more details 
what did you find so dull and confusing about LOTR. :)