While I agree with the general premise of the video, he's definitely romanticizing a lot of faggots who don't deserve it and getting dangerously close to making false dichotomies. The "nihilistic, transgressive anti-establishment rebels" of the past contributed towards the garbage that we have today, and books can still be about identity and personal struggles without sacrificing aspects such as a compelling plot, its just that these writers chose to eschew it because they're incompetent, retarded faggots who don't understand what good writing is because they're against the idea of structures and rules to begin with. They're just doing what's hip and trendy to their group.
On a personal note, I used to enjoy reading books a lot when I was a kid, but my love for video games took over all my free time around middle school and basically never let go afterwards. That extends to other visual media that I gradually got more into as I grew older.
I remembered devouring the LotR trilogy repeatedly as a kid. I must've read the Hobbit over 20 times, not even exaggerating. Not to mention a bunch of other large series at the time.
Then I tried reading the Silmarillion much later while I was in college... it was a snooze factory. Granted, that might've been partly the fault of the Silmarillion itself since it was finished by Chris instead of J.R.R., and the fact that it wasn't really made to be a "story" in the same way as the previous works from my understanding, but still.
The Silmarillion is a slog. The beginning is quite good though as it details the creation of middle earth. However, it gets bogged down in so many name drops that you have to reference the genealogy tables in the back of the book.
While I agree with the general premise of the video, he's definitely romanticizing a lot of faggots who don't deserve it and getting dangerously close to making false dichotomies. The "nihilistic, transgressive anti-establishment rebels" of the past contributed towards the garbage that we have today, and books can still be about identity and personal struggles without sacrificing aspects such as a compelling plot, its just that these writers chose to eschew it because they're incompetent, retarded faggots who don't understand what good writing is because they're against the idea of structures and rules to begin with. They're just doing what's hip and trendy to their group.
On a personal note, I used to enjoy reading books a lot when I was a kid, but my love for video games took over all my free time around middle school and basically never let go afterwards. That extends to other visual media that I gradually got more into as I grew older.
I used to read a lot. I used to get so involved I'd spend days reading with little sleep. Nowadays I read 3 pages and get sleepy
Same.
I remembered devouring the LotR trilogy repeatedly as a kid. I must've read the Hobbit over 20 times, not even exaggerating. Not to mention a bunch of other large series at the time.
Then I tried reading the Silmarillion much later while I was in college... it was a snooze factory. Granted, that might've been partly the fault of the Silmarillion itself since it was finished by Chris instead of J.R.R., and the fact that it wasn't really made to be a "story" in the same way as the previous works from my understanding, but still.
The Silmarillion is a slog. The beginning is quite good though as it details the creation of middle earth. However, it gets bogged down in so many name drops that you have to reference the genealogy tables in the back of the book.