Two positive ions make a positive, two negatives make a positive, a negative and a positive, yields a negative. On the second, the negatives make up a bulk of the equation, so frankly, a negative has more power than two separate positives.
This was inspired by some tweets that popped up in my Twitter home-feed, I follow a guy who follows the poster of the original tweet. If you know me, you know of my incessant postings related to the worst of Enter's critics, and needless to say, the original poster's a total douche. My introduction to it came from a reply, to his original, frankly, douchey decrying Enter because of his adamance to not focus on key elements to series development, and for not doing positive reviews anymore.
I'd ignore stuff like this if I could, but based on why I left that group, it's just more evidence in favor of my delusional reasons.
To get number one out of the way, yes, Enter's turning down very important aspects to developing a series, but why not set yourself up for a lifetime of laughs or a solid cautionary tale and let him dig his own hole? This is the kind of thing you'd just watch, but people like him actually get mad over something that doesn't affect them. He has no influence, no connection to the animation industry, he's not petitioning people to give up the norm, people already don't take him too seriously at this point.
That, and the fact people left him because he just so happened to speak negatively about shows they like boils down to rampant pettiness. If you follow me on Twitter you're bound to find examples of this. Bringing this up because of the irony they never caught. People got on Enter for taking cartoons seriously, now they take cartoons too seriously and hate people for not liking them, and now take any opposing thought as an attack on their gov-er, creative process.
Authoritarianism: The enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.
The ideal cartoon community: The enforcement of positive discussions and the right opinions to have on cartoons, and strict obedience to key figures at the expense of the freedom to make content how you want.
This day and age, you can no longer maintain consistent reviews without people considering you part of the bigger crowd, and with fans they'd expect you to have the same opinions they do. It sounds like a conspiracy, but with the people I meet and the content I see, I'm beginning to wonder.
I blame TUH POSITIVITAH
The people who preach positivity, tend to be the most negative people I encounter. Those I've seen tend to knock down anyone who doesn't agree with them and dogpile in a singular area over someone being, shock and horror, different, not necessarily good, but different. Who are you to judge what someone talks about? Sure the content you go after sucks, but isn't positivity about avoiding the negative?
A lot of the time, positivity is hollow, and leaves you with little room to go. I've yet to see anyone find the positive in a bad TV show or movie, just what's popular and loved due to ongoing stigmas. Here's some irony, if you really wanna show your understanding and passion for animation, be negative.
A good reviewer finds something nice to say about a popular cartoon, a better reviewer is able to find the flaws in a popular cartoon. Or just honor your positivity and don't be a petty douchebag.
I use MrEnter as an example because he's the only one at this point that fits the bill, unless ConfusedMatthew is still around and pushing the brand he was known for. By judging people for how they go about their discussion on animation, you're suffocating the potential for further discussion, and once the elements you allow are gone, the community will slowly go with it.
Not to mention, by focusing the worst aspects onto one person, it's as if you want to avoid addressing your own faults. Why be aware of your own shortcomings when you can at least not be Enter? If we met in school, I'd tell you to your face that you're no one I'd ever look up to.
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