#because it very much IS a cash-grab cop-out. even the premise looks lame as hell | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

waterberry-strawmelon · 2 years ago

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i want to be excited about the new pjo book but at this point in my life i just feel too cynical/overly critical of blatant cash grabs that i’m just expecting it to be shit :///

#i cant tell if this outlook is good or bad #bc on the one hand i dont want to give my money to capitalist corporations that hold so much power (economically and culturally #and to a much smaller extent politically) and im so tired of all these reboots and sequels and remakes and revivals etc etc etc #that i dont want to encourage it! i want it to stop! so i dont want to contribute to it! and i want other ppl to see how low-quality #all these shows and movies and books are!#but then on the other hand: i'm so cynical about it and so hyper-critical of the media i consume #that i wonder if im making my life more miserable?#like do i see it as a point of pride to not engage in shitty media like mcu movies? the answer is probably yes!#so does that mean im hypocritical about shit or taking the fun out of harmless things? i dont know!#(and obviously this doesnt apply to stuff thats actively harmful. racist military propaganda like certain mcu movies/shows are NOT equivalen #to a percy jackson book getting published 14 years after the end of the original series.#) but that being SAID i just...AHHH.#i think i want to be happy about this #but instead im just kind of annoyed?#in a 'is nothing sacred?' kind of way.#because it very much IS a cash-grab cop-out. even the premise looks lame as hell #and i want it to be good but i think it'll be very bad.#i guess ill just have to wait and see. if it turns out to be actually very good then ill be ecstatic #but if its just mediocre like im expecting. then i think ill feel really angry #and then ill feel alone in that anger because everyone is so hungry for consuming content content content these days #that everyone is foaming at the mouth over this announcement bc theyll eat up ANYTHING related to content they already like.#and arent capable of being critical about it.#but then that circles back to my ORIGINAL question by wondering if we NEED to be as critical as im being AT ALL.#maybe its nbd and i should just let people have their fun! or maybe its fine for me to be annoyed! maybe both???? fuck me idk.#just some thoughts #pjo #mine

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