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Good post. On a related note, I’ve increasingly soured on fandom in general. By fandom, I mean the obsessive and meticulous exploration of lore and fictional worlds connected to major properties. I used to delight in discoursing about LOTR or Star Wars, but I wonder if this sort of engagement impedes the pure pleasure of enjoying a work of art as a work of art. Now art connected to a franchise must satisfy an army of experts. The MCU fandom is major offender here.

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I also think people get too obsessed with lore in a way that limits creativity. Fans are so obsessed with continuity errors or inconsistencies in a way that prevents new writers from making weird and exciting decisions in their stories. It makes me wonder if Ancient Greeks would flip out when different playwrights had completely different portrayals of their mythology.,

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