Illustrative art is highly catered for social media, so a lot of folks in fandom get exposed to How Art Works through people sharing refs and guides. That isn't the same when it comes to writing.
Things like Story Structure and other technical fundaments go right over folks' heads, and when people share good refs it's usually wordy articles or blogs. Not as sexy. This is why I think so many folks argue over characters being flawed or antagonists. They're missing the WHY.
Even a casual understanding of a dynamic between a protagonist and an antagonist - and WHY that's different than a protagonist and a VILLIAN - shifts the conversation away from blanket statements like "NAME is problematic because they did XYZ and nobody should like them ever!"
Am I once again telling a bunch of people on the internet to read books and stop tweeting? Yes. Does anyone ever listen to me? No. WIll I ever learn my lesson? Probably not.
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