seidrade replied to your post “spikedbat:

joss whedon: loki tortures and murders people for fun,…”

@philosopherking1887 I’m remarkably neutral about him as a creator, haha. I quite like some of his work and have some genuine critiques, but I’ve never felt he was either the media saviour or villain he’s been alternately taken for. (Did this just get meta?)

No, I don’t think that’s a meta-answer… unless you’re alluding to the parallel with our attitudes toward Loki (i.e., neither the savior/victim/woobie nor the villain he’s been alternately taken for)?

I entirely agree with your attitude to Joss Whedon as you just expressed it… though maybe I’m more fond of his work, which is why I get so annoyed when it’s constantly being trashed for bad reasons. I certainly wouldn’t describe him as a media savior… this may be an attitude that predates my engagement with fandom, and likely accounts for a large part of the backlash – i.e., people were putting unrealistic hopes and expectations on him, so they turned around and vilified him to an excessive degree when he disappointed them.