Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25034020-20170917031309/@comment-1290700-20170922033144

For the record, I've never heard of any of this LiveJournal drama until this little message, nor have I read any of these 2 users' reviews or thoughts.

Arguing against someone being negative instead of arguing a specific point is a pretty terrible way to approach anything. You can't just say that "you have to be more positive now". Negativity serves an important purpose and isn't inherently a bad thing - likewise, positivity isn't necessarily a good thing. Let's take an extreme hypothetical - a Precure series all about grotesque torture scenes, graphic blood-soaked violence, and unrelenting uncomfortable sexual imagery - "Hellsing Ultimate Precure", if you will. I can't think of a single person who, as a fan of Precure as it currently exists, who would hold such a thing in anything other than contempt, and there would be nothing but negativity surrounding it - would, then, the solution be to tell everyone who thought that this went against the entire appeal of the franchise and betrays its very core "you have to be more positive now"?

That said, people can bring up criticisms that are unfair. There is no such thing as a wrong opinion, but there are poorly researched, horribly biased, shortsighted and unrealistic opinions. If you think that their points against the show aren't accurate or fair, then call them on it. Maybe you'll start a discussion where you both reach some kind of common ground and you learn things along the way. If you can't find fault with any of their criticisms... then maybe they aren't the problem then, hmm?

I've been as critical of KiraKira as anyone. I remember placing a pretty scathing array of thoughts about it on the page about the second cour on this wiki. It's far from my favorite season, and that it followed up one that largely felt like a let-down doesn't help. But that doesn't prevent me from talking about it fairly and critically. Heck, I just watched episode 32, and I'd go so far as to say that it's the best episode of the show yet. I'm very much looking forward to 33. But its more pressing issues are still weighing it down.

Argue smarter, not harder.