[ SECRET POST #2197 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2197 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

"That's why general fiction gets sneered at as "worthless" because it's not trying to say anything about humanity and the universe."

Except this claim is ridiculous and wrong, and can only be made by someone who's never actually read any of the fiction they're sneering at. Most of the plot-driven fiction I've read (which is typically very character-driven as well, with interesting and three-dimensional characters) has a great deal to say about humanity and the universe, with plenty of thematic and philosophical elements. They're just worked into and through the narrative, rather than taking up the entire book and not connecting with anything tangible. Almost all the SF/F I've ever read has had social commentary or a thematic point about the nature of humanity buried in its story.

"And it's why lit fic gets mocked as "boring and pretentious" because there might be pages and pages of the author talking about the ocean."

It's not just that there are "pages and pages of the author talking about the ocean," but that those pages are seemingly unconnected to anything else in the book and devoid of any actual meaning; they're a lot of rambling nonsense that tries to pretend it's deep and thematic, when really it's just kind of masturbatory and doesn't say anything actually meaningful.