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Originally Posted by lordbest

What an amazing coincidence that what you say is an objective evaluation just happens to match your opinion of the matter.

Taste *is* subjective. You saying it isn't doesn't change that fact. I think the new outfit is better, as do others. We are not wrong, because it *is* better to us. You, and others, think the old costume is better, you are not wrong because for you it *is* better.

Well, I definitely do understand why you would feel this way. After all, most people today do tend to think that art in general is purely a matter of taste.

But if I might try and explain, briefly, why this subjective notion is incorrect, think of the following. Suppose I were to make a statue of a dog. One would rightly evaluate the quality of the statue in how well it captures the "dog-ness" of the dog. If I made a statue that had a human head for the dog, some might say they like that statue. BUT, objectively speaking, that would be a garbage piece of art (considering the clear intent to communicate a representation of a dog) because it does not convey the "dog-ness".

Such is the case here. There is very little in this figure that makes it stand out as a representation of a superhero. The dominant features of this figure simply communicate that this is likely the average girl you meet on the street. Or at best, some fan of Spiderman.

Now it is quiet possible that you were indeed personally looking for that figure of an average girl you meet on the street. In that case, this figure will look excellent. However, it still does not contradict the fact that objectively, this design is all wrong in terms of what it should truly represent!

EDIT: If I may also add, the reason why most people have gotten accustomed to thinking of this matter as subjective is because due to certain philosophical trends, we like to evaluate art as separate from the intention of the author. This comes, in my humble opinion, from a philosophical error that is too nuanced to discuss here. However, as you can see, if we forget the intended meaning of the author (to communicate a superhero), then we are ultimately left with having to construct this intention on our own. In such a situation, everything boils down to how we conceive the intended meaning (which is what we generally mean "its a matter of taste").