#start saying its apparently a cringy bad podcast.... maybe 👀

[sunplanter]

I feel like a lot of people on the internet start hate posting about how cringy certain media is solely because it’s popular and they weren’t able to get into it. And I just wanna say it’s ok to not like something! It’s ok if something just isn’t your cup of tea. But to turn around and go “oh I don’t like it, so that must mean it objectively sucks and the reasons other people like it are wrong and bad” is so weird.

#is this bc ive started seeing an uprising of random people whove self addmittedly never actually listened to TMA and know nothing abt it #start saying its apparently a cringy bad podcast.... maybe 👀 #but truly like one post abt how ‘objectively bad’ tma is has so many likes and #maybe its bc im a fan of the podcast so thats the only reason i feel protective and ‘personally offended’ lol #but i honestly dont think many of the hot takes being produced abt how ‘bad’ tma is are like actually critically deserved #bc a lot just boil down to ‘i hate the fans of it on tumblr and also i dont think its that scary’ #which are fine opinions! bc honestly its not a super scary story youre right #and the fans here are cringe and hype of the relationships of the show too much and not the cool creepy stories #but to then stretch that opinion into ‘so it really sucks and is a bad podcast’ isnt objectively correct #bc honestly the writing and voice acting and production are really good! #and if youre irked by it being called a horror podcast when you dont think its scary i understand #but horror is also a very subjective and vast genre! #the type of horror tropes used in tma are often playing with the vague and psychological and slightly /off/ to create tension and fear #for some people thats not scary but for others it is #and for some like me it isnt too scary but it is super engaging and creates really fun stories to listen to #idk i just think a lot of people dont know how to just not care for something without hating it for some reason ?? #online culture has turned off everyones ability to go ‘eh thats not my thing but im glad you like it so much!’ and instead made everyone #think they either have to love or hate something especially if its popular and especially if youve never actually tried to get into it #like you apparently NEED a concrete full hearted opinion on a piece of medias quality and validity overall #you cant just say ‘oh i like this part but dont really like this part’ #its a weird but interesting phenonmenon #i also love when people double down on heavily disliking something for no real reasons by joking around that they just like hating things #and i love those jokes too ngl but ive become a lot happier when online when i just stop interacting with so much stuff negatively #for instance with supernatural #i thought i HATED that show (admittedly never watched a single ep) bc i just hated how it was parades around tumblr and the fans are cringe #and joking around abt the cringe of it all is fun and light hearted #but i stopped trying to hard to hate everything i didnt get the hype for #also just wanted to say there are a few objective and critically thought out reasons why some people may not #like or want to watch/support the tma podcast! im not bashing the valid criticisms of the podcasts usage of things like racial stereotypes #bc that stuff needs to be talked abt! this is more directed towards the takes like ‘tma is badly done cringy kiddie horror at best’