See for me...it really isn't. Neither IF nor Guardian really fall into a show I would call, in my head, by that definition, trash. I've definitely watched things like that (soap operas, some anime) that I would say I was there for specific things the canon was giving me but didn't actually enjoy ALL of it. Whereas with a show like Guardian, aside from the ending, I don't really have anything that pings me wrong? i.e. I'm not sitting there going "well, this would have been a great episode if not for X". I'm just going SQUEEEE. (Iron Fist, aside from some of the actual fighting scenes looking not as polished as what I'm used to from watching all those martial arts movies, also has the same effect). And so basically, when I'm looking at someone describing something as trashy what ends up going through my head is a reexamination of everything I just unreservedly squeed-over to find out what are the trashy parts. And that just #feelsbadman.
I'm not saying any of this to attempt to argue that people shouldn't say whatever they want, garbage trash etc. I'm just explaining the way my brain processes it and how I'm going to feel walking away from reading something like that. Like I'm somehow not aware of the flaws in this thing that I adore.
I actually find well-grounded critique easier to swallow because it targets a specific thing (eg. someone explaining why the don't like a specific thing because of X reasons is either valid or not valid and that's it, I can put that away) whereas the 'trash' tag kind of feels like it applies to the entire thing?
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Date: 2019-11-21 03:36 am (UTC)I'm not saying any of this to attempt to argue that people shouldn't say whatever they want, garbage trash etc. I'm just explaining the way my brain processes it and how I'm going to feel walking away from reading something like that. Like I'm somehow not aware of the flaws in this thing that I adore.
I actually find well-grounded critique easier to swallow because it targets a specific thing (eg. someone explaining why the don't like a specific thing because of X reasons is either valid or not valid and that's it, I can put that away) whereas the 'trash' tag kind of feels like it applies to the entire thing?