#and the casuals are probably confused looking at twitter losing it over a blurry screenshot of a bald man in a white suit

[acertifiedmoron]

the shared cinematic universe thing really fucked up people’s opinions of what constitutes as a “good” show/movie. non-existent character arcs, inconsistent character motivations, muddled narrative themes and stupid “mystery box” plots are instantly forgiven as long as people get to see ‘blorko from the comics’ and ‘blinko from movie #19 in the shared cinematic universe’ together on screen. it’s gotten so bad that disney’s entire method of showrunning d+ originals involves having the entire plot rely on last minute guest appearances and popular character cameos because boy are you sure going to watch the new star wars show when you see luke skywalker trending on the twitter sidebar all of a sudden. this is unacceptable and nobody should be applauded for failing visual storytelling 101 then putting out mediocre ass content where audiences are thrown a bunch of easter eggs and obscure lore dressed up in a high production design budget to bamboozle them into thinking it was all good, actually. because it fucking wasn’t. this isn’t storytelling. they don’t actually care about telling individual stories with thematic resonance, they only care to use these stories as a means for setting up other stories, which in turn are setting up future stories, with the payoff coming 10 years down the line where all your blorkos and blinkos assemble to take on the newest big bad. they left fifty different plot threads unresolved along the way but nobody cares look how fun this new crossover is.