I get tempted to do a lot is to enumerate all the flaws I can think of right off the bat, to assure the reader that my love isn't completely uncritical.
I get that. I think I do it too! Or at least, I watch so much old TV and I mean there is a lot of sexism and racism and things here and about, and so I just say it is TERRIBLE but I like it and then no one can come along and tell me I shouldn't like it because it's terrible and I must be evil. In fact, no one ever does even if I sometimes see it happen on tumblr, and so I'm just probably being meanly unfair to things that were often actually progressive at the time (/o\) or sadly typical (also /o\). It is an understandable way to feel safe while reviewing out loud on the internet in front of theoretically the world, I suppose!
This is also why I often can't read anyone's reviews of Doctor Who, because it is the highlight of my week and I don't want to read about all its faults. Unless I do. Sometimes I do!
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Date: 2017-06-08 04:41 pm (UTC)I get that. I think I do it too! Or at least, I watch so much old TV and I mean there is a lot of sexism and racism and things here and about, and so I just say it is TERRIBLE but I like it and then no one can come along and tell me I shouldn't like it because it's terrible and I must be evil. In fact, no one ever does even if I sometimes see it happen on tumblr, and so I'm just probably being meanly unfair to things that were often actually progressive at the time (/o\) or sadly typical (also /o\). It is an understandable way to feel safe while reviewing out loud on the internet in front of theoretically the world, I suppose!
This is also why I often can't read anyone's reviews of Doctor Who, because it is the highlight of my week and I don't want to read about all its faults. Unless I do. Sometimes I do!