Quote Originally Posted by Lacuna Caster View Post
Why? There are people out there who will argue that the entire narrative purpose of Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew is intrinsically bad and wrong, and she's arguably a lot more central to her narrative than Miko was.
Ahhh, the "but other people also do it" defense.
Quote Originally Posted by Lacuna Caster View Post
If there's something screwy about the message, then having it deeply embedded in the core of the work- or even aesthetically well-structured- doesn't make it less of a problem.
Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
"the author's values are different than mine, so the story should have been different"