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“Critics who treat ‘adult’ as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to
by anjbe 4y ago
“Critics who treat ‘adult’ as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
—C.S. Lewis
- Silverback_VII 4y agoSounds like rationalization of his own passion for content aimed at children. As a writer and intellectual he certainly could shot back with heavy bullets at those who questioned his own mental maturity. But the question remains.
- barrysteve 4y agoThe majority of popular films have content both children and adults can enjoy. Mass market appeal is where the money is. If the child-like moments of the show are sticking out to you, okay, maybe try to find the bigger picture in the story. Complaining that you have to conform to what some girls find attractive (or what other guys say girls find attractive), is no criticism of the film. If you want to otaku/weeb out on some niche anime, go find some uwu girl who likes that stuff. I don't understand this view that every woman has to like everything you're into and be attracted to it. You're going to get into some stuff that fluxuates your 'attractivity' metric and it's just part of your life. Pulling apart a motorcycle engine and spreading broken parts across the front lawn isn't so flash, but by golly, gee-willikers, it's going to happen if I want it to.