Reminds me of when I said I liked fansubs, not bc of the piracy, but bc they would (try to) explain Japanese cultural stuff that dubs/official subs would often just sort of write around or rephrase That didn't go over well, but I sorta still think that
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @Nymphomachy
Apparently it's "gatekeeping" to publish any media that people can't just mindlessly consume without learning anything new
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It's a balancing act, like to demonstrate this problem in my classical Chinese class they showed us a poem whose annotation was twice as long as the poem itself (because every single line was a reference to something)
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Replying to @mssilverstein @BootlegGirl and
You could make an argument that annotations are always incomplete and could in theory go on forever Like you *know* what the reference to Malcolm in the Middle is on WandaVision if I explain it to you but arguably you don't *get it* unless you actually watch several episodes
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Replying to @mssilverstein @arthur_affect and
Hey, tying everything back to the MCU!pic.twitter.com/aUCbA3fhPo
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Replying to @mssilverstein @arthur_affect and
[annotation explaining what the reference Steve got was]
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There's this one time Mad Magazine parodied X-Men comics in the 90s and their parody is completely covered with the little text boxes telling you to go read other comics to understand the various continuity references
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
It all led up to a joke where someone goes "You're strong, but you're no Superman!* * See Action Comics #1 (June 1938) - start saving up your allowance now, kids!"
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