Thinking back, the only thing KMC really did for me was introduce me to new characters, or to make me look at characters in a new way when I might not have thought much of them in the past.
I have grown to trust my own headcanon and interpretations of certain characters more, though that could just be down to seeing how much of a decline certain characters have gone through.
I kinda feel that this week has been a textbook case.
What should have been a great character development arc for Dr Strange - taking that final step, sacrificing his friends and family to win a fight, overcoming the ultimate meld of science and magic - has been overshadowed by a side character punching really hard.
It ruined it for me because no one even mentioned that Rick died, or that The Walking Dead just ended. Just kidding it really doesn't affect me. The only thing that has ever bothered me was that certain posters seem to be unable to comprehend what they've read, and then argue for 20 plus pages that they understood things that even the writer had no intention of conveying, but still, they seem to have gotten a revelation about the story that no one else had gotten. And don't let me get started on the bu!!Shitters that know they've been proven wrong and instead of admitting to it, they find ways to undermine the truth in a bid to disillusion those that actually correctly understood the subject.
Originally posted by leonidasI used to be able to read comics with ignorant bliss. Now I'm a lot more critical of how characters are portrayed, specifically their power-sets and their personalities.
so i've heard it said the forum wrecks comics for some folk. it changes the way we read them for example (people read in search of feats for example, instead of purely enjoying them). i've also heard people say the forum has both wrecked characters for them AND caused further appreciation of other characters.this thread will likely be moved, but i'm curious to know about how the forum has affected you as readers (and presumably people who love comics). who do you now hate that you never used to before the forum? do you love a character or book now BECAUSE of the forum? what else has the forum done to shape your reading? do you think new readers would be better served NOT to be part of a vs forum? would they enjoy books more? or do the positives outweigh the negatives? does the forum have...no impact at all on how and what you read?
outside of being a place to make some cool e-friends, how does the forum affect y'all?
Thanks KMC...sneer