What's that saying about a shoe
On the upside, Roleplaying discussion forum hasn't been this active in a long time.
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When you need ten people to circle jerk against one person.
You're not winning.
Also, some of those very people told me how great my reviews were, and how my posts belonged on R/MurderedByWords.
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Unlike everyone else on the original topic they avoided, I usually do tell it like it is. In that I'm not just spewing attacks to feed my ego.
So...what everyone else is doing right now?
And truthfully, writers are often the worst at judging their own merits. For better or for worse.
Uh...no. No, I didn't do that. That was the other person.
Is this a "your an idiot" kind of ironic example of making the very same mistake within a critique? Where you meant, "I disagreed that there's subjectivity to quality? If so, that's still not correct. I conceded on a personal level, the beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
Also, from the very moment that this was posted, this already had the issue of being dated. (Because I've posted so much now, that I can't honestly tell which one that you're describing. (INB4, lul them all.)
But duly noted, regardless. I did my best to make my reply's of "you're an asshole, because I thought so." a little more...substantive let's say.
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Subjective opinion and objective quality are two different things.
You are conflating the two by strawmanning my position.
And not to steal from Jim Sterling. But, There is no "perfect story". There are only "perfect stories". So my answer depends on what you're looking for, now doesn't it?
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What if...it's not for the critic's benefit. But meant to benefit the writer?
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Can writing be bad?