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    4 months ago

    I don’t read comic books, but I can assure you that hardcore fans will think the writing is great. The fact that there are hardcore fans to begin with is proof of that.

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      4 months ago

      Proof of fans isn’t proof of quality.

      Honestly, the biggest condemnation of comic books I have is meeting comic book fans.

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        4 months ago

        Proof of fans is absolutely proof of quality. Quality is not universal. I think jazz is total garbage, but there are a lot of people who love jazz. Jazz absolutely has quality too.

        Honestly the mindset you’re displaying here is the same kind that “normies” have had about gamers, comic fans, sci-fi fans, and anime fans since the early 80s. I feel like this is just modern era “nerd shaming”.

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      Popularity has never had anything to do with quality. Popularity is more related to marketing that anything