It’s not about “figuring out” what’s canon. It’s this hand-wringing, “b-b-b-but is it canon or not” bullshit. It is indeed the whining that I’m talking about.
I have only watched the first episode of the new Fallout series, but apparently there’s some kind of inconsistency, between the timeline of the games, and the timeline in the show. As I said, oldschool nerds would have been like “HMMM, BEING A SMART PERSON, I NOTICED EVERY TINY THING THAT WAS CHANGED. FIRST, DID EVERYONE ELSE NOTICE EVERYTHING I NOTICED? I BET YOU DIDN’T, BECASUE I’M VERY VERY SMART AND MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORE KNOWS NO BOUNDS.”
Then they would all argue about whether the version of the timeline in the new TV show or movie is good or bad.
But these kids now…they just start whining and screaming. Todd Howard literally had to make a video statement, confirming that the game timeline was not being retconned.
Nobody used to do that. It’s cringe shit, man.
I guess I blame Disney for going out of their way to ostentatiously obliterate the Star Wars expanded-universe canon, in a very insulting and apocalyptic manner. And Marvel for pushing the idea that the film timeline is the “official” one.
But it’s still cringe to get so bent out of shape. Be a judgmental, picky, annoying nerd, all you want. But at least have the decency to be smug and superior, rather than an irritating little pussy.
It’s not about “figuring out” what’s canon. It’s this hand-wringing, “b-b-b-but is it canon or not” bullshit. It is indeed the whining that I’m talking about.
I have only watched the first episode of the new Fallout series, but apparently there’s some kind of inconsistency, between the timeline of the games, and the timeline in the show. As I said, oldschool nerds would have been like “HMMM, BEING A SMART PERSON, I NOTICED EVERY TINY THING THAT WAS CHANGED. FIRST, DID EVERYONE ELSE NOTICE EVERYTHING I NOTICED? I BET YOU DIDN’T, BECASUE I’M VERY VERY SMART AND MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORE KNOWS NO BOUNDS.”
Then they would all argue about whether the version of the timeline in the new TV show or movie is good or bad.
But these kids now…they just start whining and screaming. Todd Howard literally had to make a video statement, confirming that the game timeline was not being retconned.
Nobody used to do that. It’s cringe shit, man.
I guess I blame Disney for going out of their way to ostentatiously obliterate the Star Wars expanded-universe canon, in a very insulting and apocalyptic manner. And Marvel for pushing the idea that the film timeline is the “official” one.
But it’s still cringe to get so bent out of shape. Be a judgmental, picky, annoying nerd, all you want. But at least have the decency to be smug and superior, rather than an irritating little pussy.