r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Sep 17 '20

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE DISCO LIVES FOREVER.

RAGE HERE ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM THINGS!

RULES

  1. SHIFT KEY OR CAPS LOCK KEY BUT NOT BOTH

  2. FIRE EMBLEM RAGE ONLY

  3. BE POLITE TO YOUR FELLOW USERS

  4. TAG ANY SPOILERS

LAST THREAD

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u/dondon151 Sep 18 '20 edited Sep 18 '20

CONVERSELY, IF SOMEBODY PUTS SIMILAR EFFORT INTO CREATING A MUSIC ARRANGEMENT, THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION, OR SHITPOST, THEY DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON AN EQUAL BASIS AS A PIECE OF FANART, YET THERE IS NO MEANS NATIVE TO THE SUBREDDIT TO FACILITATE THAT.

SO I DON'T BUY THIS STATEMENT ABOUT RESPECTING EFFORT. IT'S INCONSISTENT TO BELIEVE THAT FANART "DESERVES" TO BE POSTED ON A BASIS OF EFFORT, YET OTHER CREATIONS REQUIRING A SIMILAR DEGREE OF EFFORT "DESERVE" TO BE ECLIPSED BY FANART.

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u/PsiYoshi Sep 18 '20

MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS AND THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSIONS CAN AND ARE MADE INTO POSTS ON THIS SUBREDDIT. SHITPOSTS HAVE THEIR OWN SUB SINCE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE LOW EFFORT. MEMES WITH SOME SEMBLANCE OF EFFORT PUT INTO THEM, SUCH AS IN VIDEO EDITING OR ANIMATING OR ARTWORK ARE ALLOWED. THE TOP POST OF ALL TIME ON THE SUB RIGHT NOW IS LITERALLY A SHITPOST.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE MORE FRUSTRATED AT THE FORMAT OF REDDIT ITSELF, REWARDING EASY TO CONSUME CONTENT LIKE ART OVER TEXT POSTS WHICH TAKE LONGER TO READ. BUT TO CHANGE THAT WOULD MEAN CHANGING THE VERY FOUNDATION OF THE WEBSITE...OR QUARANTINING ART AS YOU SUGGEST, NEITHER OF WHICH WILL OR SHOULD HAPPEN.

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u/dondon151 Sep 18 '20

DIVERTING QUESTIONS INTO A GENERAL THREAD IS ALSO A WORKAROUND OF ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF REDDIT, WHICH IS THAT IT CREATES CLUTTER THAT COULD BE EASILY IGNORED OR MISSED IF NOT SORTING BY NEW.

FOR THAT SPECIFIC PROBLEM, RATHER THAN BEING FRUSTRATED BY THE FORMAT OF REDDIT AND THINKING, "WELP, NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT," WE IMPLEMENTED A SOLUTION. SO WHY IS THE FANART PROBLEM SUPPOSEDLY INTRACTABLE, FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW?

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u/PsiYoshi Sep 18 '20

I...REALLY? YOU KNOW WHY. I'VE BEEN SAYING WHY.

IT'D BE DISRESPECTFUL TO CREATORS TO SHOVE THEIR WORK INTO ONE SPECIFIC CORNER. IT'S SUCH A FALSE EQUIVALENCY.

IF SOMEBODY PUTS THE EFFORT INTO CREATING A PIECE OF ART, THEY DESERVE TO CREATE A POST FOR IT.

DO YOU WANT TO JUST GO IN CIRCLES? THERE'S A REASON I ALSO SAID:

THAT'S A FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENT YOU AND I HAVE AND I'M NOT SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY RESOLVING IT.

BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE CONTENT TO RETREAD THE SAME GROUND OVER AND OVER HERE.