#a creative work that betrays intimate knowledge of online fandom in its construction will always risk feeling contrived

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I will eventually watch BCS/BrBa, I will definitely finish Succession late this summer, but I will literally never in a million years read TLT or listen to TMA so you are wasting your time recommending them to me.

#I've been trying to put my finger on what's so repellent to me about them and I think it boils down to: #a creative work that betrays intimate knowledge of online fandom in its construction will always risk feeling contrived #I say this as someone who fully believes that you CAN execute contrivance in a good way and loves wink-wink meta more than anyone #(this is basically power pop in a nutshell!)