I can only read for myself and this is the reading I came up with before having any idea what fandom thought. It didn't kick me out of the story. It's still a story I want to see the end of, one that takes me out of myself and into Buffy's point of view, one that makes me feel her despair and smile with relief and recognition when she once again rejects doing what she's meant to do.
I make no claim to be any judge of whether a story is being told in a very bad way but the sense I get from your comment that these things can be determined by some kind of fandom committee feels off in some way. I don't know why so many have such a massive disconnect. I don't know what proportion of those who feel that way have actually read the text they feel disconnected from with any great attention. I do know of several who also claim to find comic books and graphic novel a difficult medium to parse out a message from. I also remember similar disconnected responses to seasons 5, 6 and 7 of the TV show. It may come down to fans (and I am one) being passionate about stories and with passion goes a certain "it's either very good or it's horrid."
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I make no claim to be any judge of whether a story is being told in a very bad way but the sense I get from your comment that these things can be determined by some kind of fandom committee feels off in some way. I don't know why so many have such a massive disconnect. I don't know what proportion of those who feel that way have actually read the text they feel disconnected from with any great attention. I do know of several who also claim to find comic books and graphic novel a difficult medium to parse out a message from. I also remember similar disconnected responses to seasons 5, 6 and 7 of the TV show. It may come down to fans (and I am one) being passionate about stories and with passion goes a certain "it's either very good or it's horrid."