#like i'm not playing it cute like “hehe hoohoo it'd be nice to have some creative interpretation and variety in our media''

[psalmsofpsychosis]

okay but for real, spending an ungodly amount of time in the past 3 years around intellectually deadening media and people who mistake familiarity with brilliance has mostly made me feel insane, but it has also helped me develop the most straightforward approach to media i've had in years. Like, it's gotten very simple for me to gauge where i stand with people's creations and i love the sense of foundational simplicity i've found regarding my taste in media, like

you see, i need the art to tell something new, creative, distinct and interesting. If it cannot do that, then i need it to say something kind, compassionate and useful. and if it can't achieve that either, i find zero value in it, period. I've had so many people approaching me with the implication that demanding creativity and originality from media is somehow "wrong" and "weird" and "too much to ask for", as if i'm the problem for needing and expecting variety and novelty from art, the unspoken idea being "is it not enough that it's pretty? is it not enough that there are conventionally attractive able-bodied & socially sanctioned "hot" people fucking in it?" and no. the pervasive and invasive superficiality in your interpretation of stories and art is utterly boring to me, i really dont care how much "thin hot fuck young person" and "pretty aesthetics" you stick on your utterly dead and deadening narratives. I approach a piece of media and ask "is this telling something new? is this asking a different question whithin an intriguing framework?" and then i'm going to ask "is this kind and understanding of its subject matter? is it curious and openminded? is this information useful to our understanding of the world right now?" and if it cannot answer either question i'll drop it as fast as i picked it up.

#can you tell how tired i am of the rampant anti-intellectualism?? #like the way people have been showing disdain of me because ''why are you demanding substance this is just a show'' #bestie you dont live long enough to not demand substance #and yes there is a clear progress of priorities here #like i'm not playing it cute like “hehe hoohoo it'd be nice to have some creative interpretation and variety in our media'' #i'm demanding it. your story is trash to me if it says nothing new and nothing useful #familiarity does not mean something is good and i'm so tired of being around people who think they're witnessing a good story #just because it's all they ever see #like your entire cynical nihilistic dystopian ''humans are evil and there's no love and we're all going to die'' stories #are null and void to me #and you can't sit at my table if you think these stories are ''important and groundbreaking'' #i have no space left for broken record people and broken record art. #grow and change both in your art and in your existence or rot somewhere 6423963296 feet away from me i guess #on storytelling #on media #on fanfiction