The fandom reacton is really baffling to me.

[yvannairie]

So! I saw TROS.

I liked it!

Thoughts to follow once I familiarise myself with reasons why people hated it that don't sound like shipwar bullshit, but I feel validated that my favourite ship got its moment in the sun in a big way.

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[autobotscoutriella]

It does make for an excellent baseline for what makes an Impossibly Bad Movie. "Well, I saw Transformers 5 IN THEATERS, so if *I* can't sit through this movie..." But really, the movies are best experienced as filtered through other people, I think :D Even I usually watch them by fastforwarding through large segments.

That's the whole reason I've never written fanfic for, say, anything by Tolkien, even though I love LOTR and the Hobbit--there's just nothing to fill in! I actively want to spend hours sorting out plot holes and figuring out what would have made the thing better. "Competing with the creators" is exactly how it feels with stuff that's super good--not that my writing's bad, but it doesn't mesh well at all with things like Tolkien. Things that are GOOD are hard to add to. Things with plot holes and problems are an invitation.