Much as I dislike Sade Doyle, I don't understand why people are up in arms about this. Fans of things do get irrationally defensive when the things they're fans of are called imperfect.
Oh, I don't know. Maybe I'm biased because I think ASOIAF is objectively a pile of shit. That's also possible. Actually, no, I think the problem is that the "half-hearted defense" article is missing some really important points that, like how the rape scenes are treated in the book, and that's making me angry.
I said men because, to the best of my knowledge, they really are all men. . . . Clearly I've been discussing stuff with the wrong men. Usually when I try to explain to other dudes that their toys (invariably with The Dark Knight) are flawed, mostly they throw fits.
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Date: 2011-09-02 05:39 pm (UTC)Oh, I don't know. Maybe I'm biased because I think ASOIAF is objectively a pile of shit. That's also possible. Actually, no, I think the problem is that the "half-hearted defense" article is missing some really important points that, like how the rape scenes are treated in the book, and that's making me angry.
I said men because, to the best of my knowledge, they really are all men.
. . . Clearly I've been discussing stuff with the wrong men. Usually when I try to explain to other dudes that their toys (invariably with The Dark Knight) are flawed, mostly they throw fits.