Mythopoet
Auror
Does there not come a point when some things are so self-evident or well accepted that we can accept them as a good norm?
Is every opinion valuable or useful? Are some worthy of criticism and disdain?
In the context of fiction storytelling? No, I don't think an "accepted norm" can be practically recognized in a useful way. Yes, every opinion is valuable and/or useful within the context it is presented. No, no opinions are worthy of disdain. Criticism is only useful within specific contexts, when generalized it is almost never useful.
Of course, but someone reacting negatively to something is also a valid opinion.
Which is why I said that your opinion was valid.
"Objectively", like "literally", is often used in a figurative or nonserious way. Interrupting with "Nothing is objective!" every time someone complains about something being bad is kind of pedantic. Everybody knows there isn't an absolutely, universally good or bad book, but everybody also knows that opinions can give you useful information.
I dunno if we really need to preface every single thing we say with "This is my opinion, but..." Of course it's my opinion, where would I be pulling universal facts from?
I think that's just a lazy excuse, personally. And it's usually a double standard. People tend to only apply it to themselves. They say, "Of course this was just my opinion. Never mind that I used language which presented my opinion as if it were absolute truth. You should have assumed I wasn't being 100% literal." But people almost never give others the same benefit of the doubt. I've seen this played out a hundred times at least on this board alone.
Which is why I try my best to only say what I mean and mean what I say and assume others here are doing the same. We are writers after all.