[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by lordbest

It's impossible to stop someone having an opinion, the idea it is somehow not allowed is absurd. But if you can't back it with argument and facts its worthless. If you (royal you, not you personally) are going to gleefully admit you stopped reading Marvel comics a decade ago, or have never read a specific comic you are complaining about, I'm not going to take your opinions on modern Marvel comics or that specific comic seriously because you've already admitted ignorance of the subject matter.
I'm not trying to call you out or anything Tim, you're certainly right that it shouldn't be this confrontational. Boy Blunder wrote an excellent, articulate defense of Gwenpool and so far the reaction to it from certain people has been pointlessly aggressive. To put it politely.

One doesnt neccesarrily have to read a comic to know about a character, its creation, its background or whats current with said character. Theres plenty of resources out there for folks to get current without having to read a book ( and lets face it when a comic costs more than a six pack theres trouble haha ).

I dont actively read comics due to insane prices per book, no real self contained stories and every other year theres some kinda nverse panning retconning crossover but i do try to keep up with characters i enjoy ( ala deadpool ) or wait for collected editions or omnibus's ( omnibi? ).

And you should also take into account not every one has an eidetic memory and cant remember everyplace they read something ( i suffer from minor short term memory loss...no its not alzhiemers or a tumah! ) so while they may recall what they read they may not remember where it was read or such. Plus so much changes at lightspeed they may not be aware something has changed.

Alot of what i see causing issue is someone comes off a certain way and another gets upset
By it and ww3 starts or someone says they dont like something and someone else feels they need to know why. Truth is they dont. Sometimes its hard to let things go cause of this or that... Folk might feel they need to change someones mind and someone else may feel entitled to spout off etc etc.....

Its just about toys for me. Any more its just...do i like the look of the toy...not oh this is supoosed to be a form of empoerment or protest etcetc. Or do I need it to make a custom or i liked the look of the character as a kid or something ( like the juggy wave wolvy for me is my defining wolverine and the vintage wave punishe is my near perfect punisher ).

*Disclaimer*
This is all just mostly my personal opinion and should not be taken as cannon gospel or pure fact...other than there are other resources for learning about characters bit.