23rd September 2012, 8:54 PM
That's fine, so what? What exactly do you have against this conversation? Let's say in the future some fan found some contradiction in a series of books you wrote. Would you look at it to see if it could be resolved, or maybe say "yeah you're right you got me there", or would you say "I really don't think that's important and neither should you, what you should REALLY be paying attention to in my stories is...". Because, I can safely say that if you gave the latter as an answer, you'd seem pretty condescending to the fans who took the time to get invested in that world you made.
That's really what it gets down to. We're all fans here who are invested in the worlds Nintendo makes. Mario's universe isn't as serious as other Nintendo properties, and so in the end the stories can all be really simple and overall plot can go where it wants. That's something I already said but you seem to just restate it every post like I never said it. However, if something strikes me as odd or just plain "off" about some comment Miyamoto made about the story, it's not wrong to say, "hey, this doesn't really make sense". I wouldn't normally go off like this, but it seems like every time ABF or I bring up something like this, THIS is your reaction. "Stop caring, stop getting invested, none of this matters." I'm not sure if you're trying to save us from some life of being overly obsessed with fiction to the point of ignoring reality, but I can safely say I'm in no such danger. I'm just trying to discuss things with other fans, so please relax and either join in or try to at least avoid criticizing us for daring to do so ourselves.
That's really what it gets down to. We're all fans here who are invested in the worlds Nintendo makes. Mario's universe isn't as serious as other Nintendo properties, and so in the end the stories can all be really simple and overall plot can go where it wants. That's something I already said but you seem to just restate it every post like I never said it. However, if something strikes me as odd or just plain "off" about some comment Miyamoto made about the story, it's not wrong to say, "hey, this doesn't really make sense". I wouldn't normally go off like this, but it seems like every time ABF or I bring up something like this, THIS is your reaction. "Stop caring, stop getting invested, none of this matters." I'm not sure if you're trying to save us from some life of being overly obsessed with fiction to the point of ignoring reality, but I can safely say I'm in no such danger. I'm just trying to discuss things with other fans, so please relax and either join in or try to at least avoid criticizing us for daring to do so ourselves.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)