[ SECRET POST #5527 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5527 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Part of it is that you develop higher standards as you get older, gain more experience, and become more versed in your chosen genres.

I read Eragon as a kid and loved it because I didn't recognize how bad the writing was and how it just takes a bunch of tropes and cliches from other, better things, and tries to use them in a way that usually falls flat. Now that I'm older and write myself and put effort into actually learning about and getting better at it I can recognize those flaws much more easily. I've also read a lot more fantasy and can pick out "hey you just got that idea from [blank] and didn't have the decency to at least make it good." This doesn't necessarily mean writing has gotten worse but that I've gotten better at recognizing it.

I used to be able to read a lot more trash fic than I do now too. Which I'm both glad for and a bit disappointed by. It takes a lot more time to find something I can actually sit down and stomach reading.

But I do also think that stuff is just a bit trash these days as well. And to me it's not just about adaptations and remakes galore. It all feels so gimmicky. I told my mom the other day that it was good production quality but bad storytelling. The entertainment version of being concerned with whether or not you can do something and not whether or not you should.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, some things you just don't notice when you're younger. Like some kids don't know the difference between well-executed plot twist and a badly executed one, and why that even matters. At least in my fandoms.