Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24732895-20140910035928/@comment-6383956-20140920161711

Jester, asking if you knew what structuralism was was not an insult to your intellect. It was an actual, legitimate question. And I would love you to explain how I've done those three things -- especially since you're citing someone who helped develop the very principles I'm talking about as someone who "opposes" them. So, yes, I'm questioning what you know -- like, your education on this particular issue -- not your intellect.

Yes, Paul, fiction theory is a way of analyzing works of fiction. However, fiction theory was largely created by how audiences already read and interpret those works. Someone who writes fiction for a living, even if they're not familiar with the formal theory, should have some idea about the audience.

And I have not ever said the show was bad. I said this is an area where the writing has a consistency problem. And, earlier in the thread, I said that whether or not this inconsistency or lack of information was a problem is a matter of personal opinion. For that, you decided that I was making outlandish statements that had to be counterargued. When, in fact, all I'm pointing out how audiences tend interpret works of fiction which is how I even brought fiction theory up in the first place.

And Paul, as you're someone who just learning about this, I mean this constructively. You are not elucidated. It is not just about analyzing narrative. But fiction theory on the whole analyzes the fictional world, and the narrative, and can be used to offer complex comparisons between the the work of fiction and reality to find the "truth" being reflected in the work of fiction. It's not like it's a single-use study.