I know this isn't related to the usual topics people post here but I'm putting this here anyways because it focuses on online criticism of works.

I was watching this video the other day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dduKJPxnAYk
and looking back on it now, it’s really funny how these people couldn’t resign to just, like, not liking a particular kind of content or work. You can just not like animated retellings of people talking about their lives (and they also cover serious topics too, maybe even topics you'll like/make you feel seen a bit). it doesn’t have to be turned into some kind of moral panic or question of ethics. you can just not like it, and say your reasons for not liking it.

Years later I still see critics online, whether it’s movies or TV shows, books or YouTube channels that demand validation from the creators they are attacking, and I always think of this video. It’s still something that applies to online criticism. NOT saying that you're one of those people btw, you've made lots of goods points when critiquing ENSTARS' treatment of Ibuki.

I've stopped watching YT commentary videos years ago (idk if you've heard of them, or watched them), because a lot of them used to (or still do for all I know) have the most nitpicky, faulty, or even low-effort criticisms that I took at face value when I was much younger. Nowadays, I'm learning to make my own judgements of the media I consume, including more problematic ones. Even if I never once thought about sharing them publicly. You seem like the type of person who sticks firmly to your own ideals and beliefs (even starting your own "rewriting project" with a group of common individuals) rather than being a follower of someone else and that's really admirable.

While we will see arguments like these again and again on the internet, hopefully we'll all become better critics as time goes on, regardless on whatever it is that were critiquing and analyzing.