07-13-2023, 08:07 AM
I must admit, I have less sympathy for the writers than I did the last time there was a big writers strike affecting shows.
It is at least partly my perception that there are more bad writers around now, especially on historically popular franchises trying to 'subvert' them, and their self-insert characters demolishing strawmen adversaries in clippable and sharable <10 second snippets so they can yaaaaaas queeeeeen them around social media means I pretty much consider them already rewarding themselves and they don't deserve the extra cash on top of that.
It is at least partly my perception that there are more bad writers around now, especially on historically popular franchises trying to 'subvert' them, and their self-insert characters demolishing strawmen adversaries in clippable and sharable <10 second snippets so they can yaaaaaas queeeeeen them around social media means I pretty much consider them already rewarding themselves and they don't deserve the extra cash on top of that.