It's Time To Be Honest About Bad Writing 

I suppose the problem I have is the thousands of youtube videos saying Ring of Power was woke and bad long before the show was even out. Did the show ever have a chance ? You can also not compare Rings of Power to LOTRO since that is basically verbatim the words of Tolkien while Rings of Power has none of that help.

@@logirex I also had a problem with that, tbh. To an extent, you can tell a lot about a series or film by its trailers, but I think someone interested in criticizing the story as a whole should be aware of that story in its entirety. And I will never consider "it's woke" to be a valid criticism. Especially since I feel most people who use the phrase don't even know what it really means. Anyway, Rings of Power managed to get a second season, so I don't think it's doing too badly for itself.

@@logirexIs it really any different than people calling things problematic before it's out? There will always be jackals waiting to jump on something. Of course it had a chance to be good and to prove these people wrong, it failed to do that, tho. When a trailer doesn't give you confidence in a show, and then the show confirms your feelings about the trailer by being a bad show, then it's hard to argue that everyone was just hating for the sake of hating. There are shows that pretty much everyone universally liked, Andor for example, and others that are mixed amongst the "everything is woke trash" group like Fallout. The writing in Andor was superb, as was basically everything else, except maybe some pacing issues, and voila, everyone loved it. Why wouldn't people hate Andor like they do the rest of the Star Wars shows? What makes Andor any different?

The "subjectivity camp" is just narcissism masquerading as virtue. These people need to pretend they're better than they are and they'll hate everyone who shatters their illusions.

As a Star Wars fanfic writer on ao3, I hope I never come across like this. I want to get as good at writing as I can. I want criticism, even if it hurts. I don’t ever want to get to a point where I believe I’m the best I’ll ever be

@Solomon_C @meredithsmaking3608 It's always great seeing other writers who are serious about their craft. I wish you both the best of luck! 💕

@@meredithsmakings3068 I agree with everything you said

@@meredithsmakings3068the first step is stop writing fan fiction

Yeah I usually judge things on “what is it trying to do?” and then “does it succeed at that?” That’s something Roger Ebert always did, and he ended up giving positive reviews to some things that people are often baffled by (like those live action Garfield movies from the 2000’s), since he tried looking at the intended audience and judge based on whether that audience would like it. That’s what separates “good, but not for me” and “bad”.

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video 🙂

@@gameragodzilla Yeah, that's a good approach 👍

The best advice I ever found was when I was in the middle of writer's block. I was scouring the internet for inspiration and I found a blog that said when you hit a creative block, just let yourself create bad art. Yes, you know it's bad and other people know it's bad, but that's the point. It's a phase of growth and eventually, you'll be able to make good art again. You also can learn from other people's phases of bad art and it's nice to know you're not the only one struggling. A great example of subjectivity vs objectivity is Tolkein and Herbert. Tolkein subjectively didn't enjoy Herbert's Dune books, but Tokein did objectively acknowledge that Herbert was a skilled writer.

Wow! Thank you! That's really encouraging to me 🙂

Oh yeah, I certainly have my own share of guilty pleasure stories that I enjoy. And while I agree that The Clone Wars has plenty of lovable characters, I *strongly* disagree that it has good worldbuilding or themes. Those aspects of the show are genuinely terrible. Overall, there is very little good in The Clone Wars compared to the bad. I certainly wouldn't label it as a guilty pleasure for myself since I don't even find much subjective enjoyment in it anymore.

@@imyouralibi6208 I don't know, the gradual militarization and corruption of the republic, the legitimate issues of the separatists, the slow erosion of the Jedi's identity and influence and the subtle and the not-so subtle military adaptation of the two opposing forces as the conflict drags on are all examples of pretty strong world building. They're great themes too. Add to that all the strong character arcs and the way the mood of the show carefully follows those themes to deliver a really powerful experience. The problems of the series come with the details and execution, having way too much silly nonsense like the zillo beast and whatnot, but to say that there's very little good in the Clone Wars is just disingenuous. I understand where you're coming from though, having loved something and seeing its flaws the first time adds that little bit of shame that strengthens the rejection you have. I've seen it many times as people reach adulthood and reject their childhood ideas in. Remember that at its core, Clone Wars is a kids' show, and should be judged as such. It manages to impart some pretty profound insights into some pretty mature themes in a way that is accessible and understandable to children, which really is no mean feat. It's good to see the problems of the show, but not being able to see the areas where the show really shines is a damn shame.

@@khatack I'm sorry, but all the worldbuilding/themes and strong characters arcs you are referring to never actually happened in the series. I think you may want to revisit the series. A large number of people have proven to have faulty recollections of the series due to not having seen it in a long time and/or viewing it through a nostalgic lens. Not to mention the plethora of headcanon TCW fans have invented to fill in the major gaps that exist in the series. My sister and I have been more than happy to point out good writing wherever we've seen it. But most of the time, it's just not there. If you're interested, I'd recommend checking out our reaction series to The Clone Wars. The editing and commentary wasn't the best in the beginning and it is naturally quite lengthy, so I'd suggest perhaps picking out one of your favorite arcs in the series and watching our commentary on those episodes. The series breaks down on almost every level when viewed through a critical lens, and we demonstrate as much in our reactions, especially starting from Season 4 and onward when we really hit our stride.

Absolutely! I also enjoy Venom 🙂

Thank you! 🥰

@@imyouralibi6208 you're amazing 🥰

I unfortunately picked up some of TCW's mistakes in my own writing 😞 Btw, it looks like YT deleted your comment on the other video so I'll answer it here: yes, the plan is to do a reaction series for Rebels.

@@imyouralibi6208 sorry to hear that

"establish male character with female ones" I'm not sure what you're referring to here, since as far as I know, none of the stories I mentioned replace originally male characters with female ones... Personally, I don't mind gender-swapping characters as long the change makes sense and is handled well. "majority female writers are not capable to write about anything else" I feel like this an unfair assessment. The entertainment industry is still mostly dominated by men. And it's men who wrote stories like the Star Wars sequels, which feature a Mary Sue, or the AHSOKA series, which features an all-female cast (who are mostly Mary Sues, lmao). Rings of Power was also written by men. So it's not women who should be blamed for stories like these.

@@imyouralibi6208 Fair assessment. I didn't watch your video sorry. I just wrote what I fell to day is wrong with Hollywood in general so was my fault here and I should not comment it. Don't take comments to seriously most of them are written by Id...ts like me. No need to be bothered with.