I’ve seen people talk about actors and artists that had a terrible time.
My own would be Anne Rice. She wrote Interview with the Vampire after her young daughter died of Leukemia. Then her husband suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage. I suspect her Christian, anti-fanfic phase was a result of mental illness and manipulation from the publishers, although I don’t think she ever apologized.
Most of the people mocking the kid was textbook “pot calls kettle.” Fans of genre fiction acting like the stuff they like is peak literature when often it’s mostly “Here’s how awesome and clever and amazing I am for being a middle class white guy and the only reason I can’t get laid is because SOCIETY is wrong. The elves and the space goblins would totally appreciate my sensitive soul and quirky love for math and make me their king. Unlike Stacy. That bitch.”
The main complaint I hear about Eye of Argon is its rampant thesaurus abuse. If people are complaining about its characters, they clearly don’t know the state of fantasy novels in that era.
i’m not saying you’re wrong, but there’s a lot to unpack there. i just labelled it under fanfic. arguably, the gor series is WORSE, and people actually build their irl lives around it!
I started the Gor series as a thirsty 15 year old Frazetta fan and quit around Tarnsman of Gor because the protagonist was just raping people at that point.
so. much. rape. and, y’know, slavery, for a garnish!
It made me think through what I found hot and why at an age when my mind was wide open. You could probably edit the Gor series down to one brilliant novel contrasting the fantasy and reality of our desires.
it’s an interesting idea
What fan of genre fiction hurt you buddy?
What genre fiction even fits the description you’re painting there lol, just seems like a strawman. Feels more like a manifestation of your personal dislike of people who like genre fiction or something.
How did this stupid ass take get this many upvotes? I have to assume everyone stopped reading after the first sentence.