Jul
31st
2020
My own reply and rebuttal to Mykan · 1:00am Jul 31st, 2020
Again, he is ranting about what other people think of him.
To be honest, he should not be pissed off that there are Anti-Starfleet Magic writers. Look at what happened with The Conversion Bureau and Fall of Equestria. There are many who dislike those stories for whatever reason (which is not hard in the case of Fall of Equestria.)In fat many of the anti TCB and Anti FoE stories are not made by trolls, but people who care about writing.
Mykan's stories are being reconstructed and deconstructed by people who have seen flaws in his work and I know he is lurking around to read what his critics say about him so Mykan should just read this and stop with his 'teaching'.
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"Teaching" implies actual intelligence, this guy is just so wrapped up in his own ego that he thinks the universe needs to revolve around it.
5325931 Indeed.
In my view, Mykan did start something when he started his Starfleet Magic and people are seeing the flaws in his stories.
Better people than I have pointed out legitimate flaws with his fics and he still got upset about them.
He reminds me of a lot of modern shows including, ironically or perhaps fittingly, Teen Titans Go who would rather mock and attack critics than consider anything wrong with their material. Sadly My Little Pony is guilty of it as well if their Fame and Misfortune episode is anything to go by. I understand the characters aren't perfect but some episodes and characters still could've been handled better. Course it's less in your face about it compared to TTG. Don't even get me started on Gravity Falls' handling on Mabel though. "Mabel's a straight up saint"? Seriously?
Basically I hate when shows address characters' flaws and instead of seeing development,we're just told to accept it. It comes off as lazy and kinda egocentric on the creators' part. Like they seriously believe they can do no wrong. Course some of them probably just care about the paycheck. Whichever comes first
It's that kind of attitude that's one of my few gripes with fanfiction. Many people write whatever they want and then get outraged over anyone having the slightest critique. They use that "Don't Like, Don't Read" excuse while acting as if they're the greatest thing since Stephen King. (Even if you're not a Stephen King fan that guy has so many books written that it's ridiculous)
Yes people can write whatever they want when it comes to fanfiction but that doesn't necessarily mean it's good writing. People can try to argue against it all they want but there are certain qualifications for good writing. Good as in properly written, not just enjoyable. You can enjoy something, you can like something, but those alone don't make it good.
Going back to modern entertainment. Nowadays whenever something, say a movie, is bad, the businesses try to blame the viewers. It can't possibly be because the movie itself is a bad movie; bad acting or badly written. No it has to be because the audience is full of assholes who are being assholes for the sake of it.
I've seen Mykan's debates with other people and his arguments are pretty much the same thing; his characters will do whatever they want, he'll downplay their actions, twist what the other person was saying; basically he doesn't care what you have to say.
Mykan:
Just like most modern entertainment he writes whatever he wants and acts like it's everyone else's fault for any problems they have with his fics. I also think nowadays he's taken advantage of everyone's ignorance to guarantee looking like the victim.
It doesn't hurt that aside from references, he doesn't personally name us. He may or may not take advantage of these newer blogs to paint us like the bad guys for seemingly escalating things while he is simply "defending himself".
Actions speak louder than words but words are the main things internet users have. So we need to use the right kind of words.
I say everyone who has a deconstruction fic, just focus on those. Their existence and the fact that people like them annoys Mykan enough. (Though he'll probably say people only say they like the fics out of spite and not because they're actually good)
That and I'm worried this might wind up leading to some crazy blog war down the road. If it hasn't already by all this back and forth.
Sorry for all the long winded writing, I just like being thorough; making comparisons, sharing experiences. I'll try to cut to the chase more in case I'm boring anyone. Though I might actually take a break from blog comments.
Every conflict, every obstacle, every exposition dump, every display of power only exists to make Starfleet look good.