#so there is a race to the bottom for the most comfortable most saleable interpretation

[communistkenobi-archive]

my enjoyment of media is not a zero sum game. I think star wars is objectively despicable. I think it is deeply profound and moving. these things do not contradict one another. in fact they are gay married to each other in my brain

#sw.txt #not wading into media analysis discourse on this site but I think in general #if you stop viewing interpretation of media as competitive (in a market one might even say) #then you can approach it in a much healthier manner #like one does not subtract from the other or even contradicts it #I contain multitudes etc etc #that doesn’t mean all interpretations are equal obviously #you can read a text very poorly and come to extremely stupid conclusions #but ideas about a text do not exist in a market and there is no upper limit to the amount of interpretations that can exist #however interpretations in fandom DO have market characteristics but that’s bc of like #the concept of engagement you know #so there is a race to the bottom for the most comfortable most saleable interpretation #which is often why fanon is extremely annoying and basic