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aeide-thea · 1 year ago

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#right like. when people make a post about wanting to see whatever and someone recs 1 specific thing #i always feel like the reccer - despite probably feeling real enthusiasm - is missing the point a little

#aside from 'i want more options' (which i DO) #so often i - a person who likes the thing - have read and hated the thing being recced #and i want more and different takes on it! (via elucubrare)

ppl misunderstand me when I say "I want more [thing] in stories". I don't mean "I'm going to love every single one" I mean "I'm very picky and I want more of it in circulation so I can actually choose from a wealth of them and be discerning". I see ppl being like "you say you want more of [this thing] but you don't like [example of it]" YEAH CUZ I'M PICKY!!!!!!!! I have opinions and standards????? not all of them are gonna be the same I wanna be able to look at 100 of them and go "I want these 20" not "I only have 3 to choose from and I don't like any of them" you feel me??????

#exactly #like el is being fairly understatedly diplomatic here (as always) but like #if someone is complaining abt a thing you think [insert obvious text here] does well—#they probably don't agree with you that said text does it well!!!#anyway that's a little bit a digression from the main pt of this post but it comes up so often and feels like having a stone in yr shoe lol #however. yes. scarcity means you don't get to be picky and i am a deeply picky person.#offer me a wealth of options so i can reject the majority of them and in so doing establish my own superior discernment #and ultimately accumulate a small but luxurious mound of Correct Executions of the Thing to roll around in #i guess this gets filed under #bookblogging #though of course it applies to all forms of narrative really!

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