I think you fail to see the differences in context and presentation. Not every young girl falling in love with an older man is intended as lolicon bait. That doesn't mean certain types of people won't view it that way, especially when said girl is part of a series that wants to be a wish fulfillment fantasy as well. And wouldn't you say that's exactly the problem with Gate? It's a series that can't commit to the heavier themes and storylines it wants to be taken seriously for and keeps fleeing into safe otaku territory again and again.Dreiko said:I think that you read too much into that scene or that you're injecting it with things that aren't there so that you can continue to like it without trespassing on whatever belief that would be trespassed upon if you acknowledged it as being primarily lolicon pandering which is what that entire plot line struck me as from the first hints of it, but either way, we both liked that scene so that's good.
Also, if anything, you're the one reading into things too much or too little depending on how you want others to percieve whatever you're into. Like that time you said Criminal Girls delved into psychology and some such, creating a deep human experience or whatever. Never did you seem (willing) to notice that the game was actually struggling to justify its whole premise with toe-deep blabla.
But would you eat nothing but pasta carbonara every meal of every day of every year?If it's boring, you don't need to tell me or convince me of it. I will be bored because boring things are inherently boring and they need no outside help for one to acknowledge them as such. Clearly, I do not find some things boring that you do. Am I wrong in liking what I like? Is pasta carbonarra also too mundane of a favorite food?
There's nothing wrong with eating your favourite dish one or maybe twice a week. Indulging a little is only human. However, one problem within the Japanese entertainment industry is that there are a lot of people who'll only eat pasta carbonara. Sure, some chefs make it way too salty, others don't cook the pasta right and the rare one actually makes a really good dish, but overall, it's pasta carbonara over and over again.
(And it's not just within the segment that caters to male otaku, it's just as bad on the female side (especially when it comes to VNs/dating sims and BL manga).)
'People just like what they like', sure, taste matters, but the way you say it imples something worse: discussing entertainment and its merits is pointless because people feel differently. Isn't that mighty convenient? Whatever your opinion is, it's instantly saved by the grace of it being your opinion.I don't think there's low or high standards. People just like what they like. What we mean when we say "this person has a high standard in which anime they like" really is "this person doesn't like most anime". It is pretentious to assume that just because you are harder to please for whatever (sometimes none too righteous) reasons that you are somehow more discerning of a fan. It just means that...your taste is what it is and that's fine but that's just your opinion and whatnot.
I think that's utter bullshit. The right to have an opinion is equal for all, but not all opinions are equal.
Watch's what you want to watch. Enjoy what you enjoy. Never go further than scratching the surface if that's what you're comfortable with. However, bad opinions exist and we shouldn't give them a pass just because they belong to someone.