I was pretty isolated as a kid, so my reading and TV pleasures weren't shared much. Plus I read at an adult level while still in 2nd grade.
I'm the opposite now. I'm like "THE THING! I NEED TO SHARE THIS THING! EVERYBODY, SEE THIS THING AND LOVE IT LIKE I DO!" And I love meta and analysis of the source material.
Fiction bringing people around to your POV. Interesting point! It's not uncharitable at all. It's how you interact with the material. There's no wrong or right. My main fandom has very loose (sloppy) continuity even though it's set in the same vague time (1920s/1930s). And the characters are pretty one-dimensional. So writers can basically approach the materiel in any way they want without precisely violating canon. Except for the two main characters having sex, that is.
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I'm the opposite now. I'm like "THE THING! I NEED TO SHARE THIS THING! EVERYBODY, SEE THIS THING AND LOVE IT LIKE I DO!" And I love meta and analysis of the source material.
Fiction bringing people around to your POV. Interesting point! It's not uncharitable at all. It's how you interact with the material. There's no wrong or right. My main fandom has very loose (sloppy) continuity even though it's set in the same vague time (1920s/1930s). And the characters are pretty one-dimensional. So writers can basically approach the materiel in any way they want without precisely violating canon. Except for the two main characters having sex, that is.