"GET OVER YOURSELF!!!" FAKE GEEK GIRL Calls Out REAL FANS! Was I Wrong About "The Rings of Power"?!!

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[@TheGamingHoser]

She gave Madame Web a 5 Star review. She is the definition of what she claims to hate. People who only like things they feel "represented" by.

[@sigmacademy]

Meanwhile, I'm watching Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines (2011) tomorrow. There's a SINGLE character that's Western, and everybody else are islanders. Watched Kalki 2898 last week (where NOBODY looks like me). Will probably watch a Chinese mythology, Japanese action or Korean horror flick somewhere this week. It's a good time for INTERNATIONAL MEDIA. Western media - not so much.

[@TheGamingHoser]

@@sigmacademy Well said. Definitely a good time for international media.

[@petriew2018]

@@sigmacademy that's called 'empathy', the ability to connect with another human based around shared experiences and an understanding of basic human emotions. It's part of being a healthy, well adjusted human. Lacking such a thing, such as when all you can do is break people down by superficial visual similarities for instance, is actually the biggest warning sign of a psychopath. No, seriously.

[@jerryguo4661]

My guy she reviews everything with 5 stars.. she doesn’t dislike much lol

[@chaberio1335]

Ugh why can't I click this thumbs up 50 times! Ur lying though she gave it 5 stars and still has a job?!?! Thats not subjective its bad

[@orusandornots1915]

The complete lack of self awareness is staggering. Everything she complains about others doing she's doing in this idiotic article.

[@sigmacademy]

That's what articles like those ALWAYS do. Self-awareness isn't a characteristic of such "journalists".

[@kadourimdou43]

These activists, just can’t take their niche fan fiction is unpopular. They were just hoping the public would follow their attempt at social engineering.

[@malcontender6319]

Not everyone is as gullible as the boomer feds who chose this route.

[@JoJo-vg8dz]

What ? The majority of people don't share the tastes of a minority of weirdos ? I'm shocked.

[@M-S_4321]

Anonymized Voices breed contempt

[@LarrySanders-wd3hc]

Key term: Social Engineering Social Engineering is abnormal... meaning it is unnatural and anti-human. Also: [White Replacement is absolutely evil and a key component of the current Social Engineering agenda]

[@zazzrazzamatazz9970]

They aren’t mad because the show was rejected- they’re mad because their politics were rejected. They live in an echo chamber bubble so when they are confronted with the fact that they are a tiny extreme minority they get mad.

[@Jabberstax]

This woman has clearly never read ANY Tolkien

[@jeremyk9000]

I'd say it's fair to say she has never read a book, full stop.

[@vahidoph]

​@@jeremyk9000that's a very safe bet.

[@questionauthority-f6i]

You don't get it. People like her muse that they don't need to know the lore because, in their uninformed opinion, the lore is all bigoted and should all be rewritten anyways.

[@irateastartes1206]

Hey she has probably read reams of Aragon Elrond slashfic that counts right? /intense sarcasm.

[@James_Bee]

These "fans" aren't of the thing. They are fans of the message and only support the thing in so far as it promotes the message.

[@JoJo-vg8dz]

Fans of pronouns and unlimited genders.

[@JoJo-vg8dz]

They are infesting male-oriented franchises with feminism. They deserve the hatred of the audience they despise.

[@malcontender6319]

@@JoJo-vg8dz And proactively ended lineages.

[@albatross4920]

They're fans as long as they get to use said franchise to beat meanie weenie men over the head with

[@NoidoDev]

Shippers.

[@paulodenobrega1500]

Fake geeks who probably bullied us at school realised there is money in it now become experts in lore and the most devoted fans. Laughable.

[@dinosaurwoman]

THIS. THANK YOU.

[@BPF80MCar-vi1pg]

These were not popular kids. These are 100% Theater kids

[@sigmacademy]

EXCEPT, they don't know any lore. Too much "interaction" with too many "problematic works". They think that whatever nonsense the showrunners inject into the series, is what it was SUPPOSED to be like to make it more (politically) "acceptable".

[@ephraimwinslow]

@@BPF80MCar-vi1pg Exactly. These are the kids the actual geeks considered pretentious in highschool.

[@captnwinkle]

​@@BPF80MCar-vi1pg exacto, these are the losers even dorks in HS made fun of

[@shiningbeacon]

I kind of get the impression that most of these "fans" never actually bothered to read any of the books or read about Tolkien as a person. Otherwise they'd be on the same BS they were on a decade ago--"TOLKIEN IS RACIST! LOTR IS PROBLEMATIC!"

[@EvilExcalibur]

They never bothered with primary sources

[@thelilyfarrell]

facts!

[@halburd1]

they did not. we heard several times from their own mouths that they were only hiring people on purpose that never read the books or seen the movies. why? so they would get no bite back from the actors on their very wierd changes

[@asarishepard8171]

He also hated commies as do i

[@g.t.werber4476]

They are nearly brain dead. They spend their days scrolling down on tik tok.

[@alisonanthony1228]

As a proper geek "girl" (I'm a bit elderly to be called a girl these days but, hey ho) can I just say that not all women are like this. I fell in love with Middle Earth 50 years ago, have devoured as much fantasy and scifi as I could get my paws on since then and, although I wasn't that fond of Star Trek or Star Wars, I adored Babylon 5 and Farscape. I played AD&D every weekend for years and am a complete nerd when it comes to the lore of ALL these things. If you're not going to respect the lore then get the hell out of my sandpit. These so called "fans" of Tolkein's works make me absolutely murderous. They know nothing about it and care even less They just want to destroy everything that the Professor created and smear the beauty of Middle Earth by fingerpainting over it with their own shit.

[@thelilyfarrell]

exactly same! love tolkiens works and i love star wars too. but these fake fans are infuriating

[@TheRealOrinocoWomble]

You are a gem!

[@Hamishable]

Thank you for being a true geek girl. Please tell me you raised your kids to respect lore as well. Someone needs to carry on the fight for good science-fi/fantasy!

[@asarishepard8171]

They make my mothers ashes turn over in her urn. She was a classic book fan, I got her 70s copies when she died!

[@LadyBeyondTheWall]

Same! My name is in the credits of the LoTR dvds (and it was in the credits in the theaters!) because I was in the fan club when the movies were being made. I didn't know they'd be popular. I didn't even know if the movies would come out great. But I was still such a giant fan of the books and Tolkien in general that I was in the fan club regardless. I'm so glad they turned out as great as they did.. I would have died if I had my name in the credits of this ROP BS for all of time.. 🤦🏻‍♀ I hate it when these women try to speak for all of us, or even worse, try to call us "pick me"s and shit for actually caring about something we love. 🙄

[@LuxVi7]

It’s not even hate, it’s freaking DISAPPOINTMENT that they had such amazing source material but they refused to respect and honor it.

[@ealan3694]

That, and the budget, nay the AMAZON deep pockets, to make it absolutely amazing.... And this is what they wound up make.... Disappointment doesn't even cover whatever this is!

[@AlexBehemot]

She say "Is a good time to be a nerd", and I say "no, is not, is the worse time".

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

No real nerd would ever claim it's a good time to be one

[@ephraimwinslow]

And I say: "How would know? You're an HR hire. The 'fun' HR hire. The one whose job it is to hype up the Karen-made policies that literally everyone else rolls their eyes at."

[@greghannibal]

Going mainstream was the worst thing to happen to nerd culture.

[@chrisfraser5088]

She attacks the fans, then claims those fans are the ones attacking the fans. I mean…WHAT? 😂 Do they even think about this shit before they publish it? The level of projection is unreal.

[@asarishepard8171]

Going back to pre journalism class in high school and how many papers I had thrown back to rewrite. They just write opinion pieces now, no facts whatsoever!

[@asktheanimals]

🎯

[@sigmacademy]

@@asarishepard8171 That publication is KNOWN for doing ZERO research, and if it isn't obvious by now, being COMPLETELY anti-fandom of ANY franchise. The fact that some of its "journalists" do ZERO information verification, comes as no surprise.

[@BowlCrossy]

@@sigmacademy Not true, I reckon they're fans of the Barbie franchise.

[@tkps]

@@sigmacademy What I don't get is how are they still operating? We know their readership must be so damn low. Maybe owners can run them on the smell of an oily rag and 'journalists' are on poverty level wages but love the perceived power they think they wield to influence others. They had little to start with & it shrinks by the day. When will they realise they write their own destruction?

[@vermis8344]

"Babycakes, you _are_ the worst of the internet." *standing ovation*

[@chrisfraser5088]

I will never be convinced this woman has read even a single page of The Professor’s writings! Not one.

[@tacotacotacobajablast6821]

i never did but i think the show still stinks!

[@edercoronado8085]

"The stranger's identity is still one of Rings of Power''s most intriguing mysteries" lol, these "fans" are really dumb

[@narnia1233]

It’s true. I don’t necessarily blame them but they definitely need an IV drip hooked up to the classic books. It makes me sad.

[@atomicninjaduck9200]

It's like in Picard Season 3 where some people where apparently shocked to find out Jack Crusher is actually Picard's son! While most people with even minimal deductive capabilities figured it out from the start.

[@ephraimwinslow]

@@atomicninjaduck9200 "minimal deductive capabilities" You're expected to hand those in at the door when you sign up for post-modern urban monoculture. They give you free womanese lessons in exchange for them.

[@TheJohn8765]

If it turns out to be Radagast, I'm going to be very irritated. I loathe bait and switch when it's *so* overpromised.

[@KeytarArgonian]

I still think he is a blue wizard, and so is the ‘evil’ wizard. Tolkien claimed at one point the blue wizards ‘started magic cults’. In some official art one of them has a curved staff like the stranger. Both wizards are in the east and in some versions as early as the 2nd age. All the hints at it being Gandalf are obvious ham-fisted attempts to misdirect and are so obvious. Or… I could be giving them far, far too much credit.

[@LordOfTheRings897]

What these writers don't understand is the Hero and the Villian dichotomy. We dont want gray areas in our Tolkien lore. We want Galadriel to be regal, wise, elvish, collected, and a MAGIC USER not a sword fighter.

[@10394Troll]

The ERB with Tolkien and Martin pretty much nailed with some lines: "...The genre's called fantasy. It's meant to be unrealistic..:"

[@nerdock4747]

Sadly, they do understand it. Same problem with the acolyte (and agatha apparently) and while I'm no longer religious, the Bible got it right when it said that people will start saying "good is bad and bad is good". All these modern shows are doing it and trying to brainwash their audiences into agreeing that killing our heroes and replacing them with villains is a good thing.

[@The_Foreigner_Belt]

The Rings of Power show is as boring as it is predictable. We predicted it would be bland and woke, and it is. We must be psychic.

[@M-S_4321]

RoP= as boring as it is predictable.

[@RocafellaPlaza]

Psychic?!? What does SCIENCE have to do with this?!?

[@StickySyrupEverywhere]

It's a mockery of parody.

[@whitleypedia]

I am glad I haven't seen it. I'm glad I haven't seen what you have seen 😂

[@sigmacademy]

@@whitleypedia So MANY tempests. So many. XD

[@josephjackson4312]

That last line reads like she is agreeing with the thing of how bullies pushed people into nerd spaces, nerd spaces became popular, the bullies then forced their way into nerd spaces, and are now trying to force nerds out of nerd spaces because that is where the popular people are now...she is the bully that wants you out.

[@sigmacademy]

That's because she thinks the nerd spaces are now the sole domain of people like her. She's been proven COMPLETELY wrong for YEARS now.

[@drakocarrion]

I've had a friend IRL try that "it's a great time to be a nerd! we're getting more content than ever before" argument on me. I shut them down pretty quickly by simply pointing out that the crap parading around in the corpse of the thing it's shitting on isn't content.

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

Also like Chris Gore said "once you start calling movies 'content' its over. " because its no longer art. Just a product to be consumed

[@pendorran]

Even if you dismissed any objections to changes in lore, you would STILL be left with a weak, boring, terribly written and weakly acted show.

[@sca4789]

My biggest problem with the show is the casting. The elves are all wrong. The dwarves are all wrong. The hobbits are all wrong. And, NONE OF THEM CAN ACT.

[@asarishepard8171]

The triple threat😂

[@crazyralph6386]

Yep, the acting is completely atrocious all around. They’re not believable for a second

[@leegibson5469]

I agree. It’s just to clean as well. The whole setting just seems wrong.

[@PATRIOTTTT]

I’m Black what the f@ck is with the black elves like huh??? What about the HARAD people….describe as black skinned and pink lips with white eyes…basically moors like mansa musa…

[@rodrigorincongarcia771]

Yes, but they're... diveeeeerse! (only think that matters for them)

[@Christiand2821]

These people legitimately don't understand that this isn't just "Some show". This isn't "some story" that the showrunners decided they wanted to create. This doesn't exist in a vacuum. This is a show that is attached to one of the most beloved and influential IPs that has ever existed in Western Culture. People are increasingly tired of Hollywood taking massive dumps on things that mean something to them and hold timeless messages of hope, determination, self-sacrifice, bravery, and loyalty only to then being called "toxic" for defending these timeless stories they love against the "modern retellings" of a bunch of Progressive, Out-Of-Touch, Hollywood Elitists that only want to use it to push their own allegorical, political agendas as if it's something the original author would agree with if he was alive today and you, therefore, MUST believe and support in order to be a "real" fan. If this was some random story that the showrunners created on their own, then fine... No one would watch and no one would care... But this is Lord of the Rings. This is TOLKIEN!! If you're going to accept the responsibility (yes, responsibility) of adapting his work then you better not miss. And if you do, people will call you on it. And they have every right to. This means something to them. This existed long before you and will exist long after you. You are standing on the shoulders of a giant when you choose to make a story about Middle Earth. You don't get to wear it as a fashion piece and then complain when people don't like what you did because they don't believe you paid proper respect to the source material. Either learn this lesson or continue to lose money and lose influence.

[@westernmasswonderwoman3326]

YAAASSS!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@williet.3058]

Just some woke morons

[@jclimacus081]

I take heart in knowing that in fifty years from now the professor's readers and true admirers will look at Amazon's abomination and regard it as a joke, just like so, so, SO much of today's message driven idiocy

[@thesouthernwake]

They don't have any perspective. Oh wait, these books have been taught in high schools around the world for decades? Nah, just give us 'freedom' to write our own stories in the middle of this universe. These people larp as fans of fantasy and sci-fi. It's an outfit and personality they put on.

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

You describe 200% how i feel

[@victorcates9330]

She mentions The Boys. The boys clearly had a political bent from the start. The fans tolerated it until the quality dipped horribly. That's a story about fans being forgiving.

[@pascalsimioli6777]

Also the politics, at first, were centered about how companies handle public image and manipulate their audience. It's only in s4, if I'm correct, that they fully went "conservatives vs leftists" and they clearly took a side. Hell I'm much closer to a leftist than a conservative but even I can see that they didn't care to tell a nuanced story in which everyone is divided and manipulated to go against each other so that the evil companies can reign. Nope, you clearly have the retards on one side and the good people on the other.

[@haydennoble9253]

The Boys was upfront from the get go with its political message and that’s what I liked about it.

[@andreasgoransson]

The comics are rather good.

[@TealWolf26]

I'm willing to watch a show with politics I don't necessarily jive with...if it's good. That's all it's ever been about. Is it entertaining?

[@alicedell8595]

Just because one doesn't like something doesn't mean one is a "hater".

[@RCAvhstape]

I don't mind being called a hater. Some things just need some hatin'.

[@JoJo-vg8dz]

Do not argue with lunatics.

[@Al-ok6xm]

They deserve the hatred of the audience they despise.

[@Sonny_McMacsson]

By their reckoning, natural diversity isn't useful diversity, which is why the opportunity to represent the East wasn't taken. Shoehorning-in diversity isn't really for the sake of diversity but instead to serve as a strawman to use against their opposition.

[@tkps]

@@Sonny_McMacsson Which they've overused so often, it no longer has any meaning and since we got wise to their machinations are no longer fooled into watching something because they slapped a well known IP's name on it. This ideology will have to end pretty soon because even the richest companies like Amazon can't afford to spend more than they earn and in my fairly long life, no company was ever too big to fail. Right now, Netflix is the only profitable streamer and I put that down to international content/subs.

[@tolkienist7905]

So the Mary Sue thinks it's at the centre of fandom? That's ironic because if it's true value to fandom was ever accurately measured then it would have to change its name to Mary Celeste.

[@StickySyrupEverywhere]

I would be willing to bet heavily that the Mary Sue has a market value of negative something.

[@ephraimwinslow]

@@StickySyrupEverywhere 100% yes. It's being run at a loss by some doof who desperately wants to float "THE MESSAGE" (TM) off the back of some overpriced smoothie shop chain.

[@ElendilJon]

nicew pfp

[@ClydeJHatbird]

I love the fact that these people so obviously want to say what's on the tips of their tongues, but they just can't. Something along the lines of, "what are you, a nerd?" as a response to all of the meticulous opposition they face. Saying that, however, immediately outs them, so they have to resort to other insults in order to dance around the subject while maintaining an air of superiority.

[@RealJohnnyGuillotine]

They struggling, No rhythm and No Feet or even Harfoots... Constantly falling on their face.

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

Yeah they are bullies who have been laughing at nerds for decades.

[@capnmo6718]

The argument is exceptionally egotistical, absurdly self-centered. I like how 'they're ruining it for the rest of us' is deemed an argument for something that's done in private. Unless strangers are coming into your house, standing in front of your TV, and yellling at you why they don't like the show you're watching, no one is ruining it for you. You're allowing them to ruin it for you. Your enjoyment is about you; them ruining it for you is also about you.

[@malcontender6319]

We've been doing this dance for long enough to see that these people aren't "creatives" they're just vectors to deliver us our gov. prescribed demoralization regimen.

[@StickySyrupEverywhere]

I don't think it's working anymore. But they should keep trying the exact same ways and things until it works again.

[@georgecisneros5281]

🎯

[@Spite_Lip]

Someone not liking something, shouldn't impact your enjoyment of that something. If you require or need unanimous praise for your interest for it to hold value than you never liked it to begin with. This is what people coopting "nerdy" things don't get. People making fun of your passions yet you kept at it because you valued it was a core attribute of fandom.

[@jayflynn2250]

I heard a great analogy: People who are offended use that to validate their perceived moral superiority.

[@poppedweasel]

More a definition than an analogy

[@HarryAcorns]

You're absolutely right! I say that all these people suffer from the same things. It blinds their rationality. And it's self-righteousness with a false sense of their own moral superiority. Plain and simple. It's a character flaw. They CARE about people and things and you don't.

[@aqlanimations4822]

These people don't have morals to begin with. Either they don't believe in nothing which is fine, or they tell you they worship something that is depicted to being the father of all lies, killing, child sacrifice, and deception lol. Either way you can't tell me you have any high horse when you don't worship nothing, nor evil in it's purest form. Your either a liar go figure, or be, the dumbest blank on the planet. I can't stand these people pushing morals when they don't have any, it's more down the line pushing evil and saying you better go along with it.

[@edwardp7725]

The scenes in Fellowship with Galadriel are like a core memory for me. They never had to tell us how powerful she was. They showed us.

[@Dain_Bramage702]

They made a show to cater to their own group, and even they didn't show up. So no one is to blame but themselves and their own people.

[@theveryworstluck1894]

Why do they keep letting people who actively hate beloved franchises continue the story? Literally WHY would you allow that?

[@sigmacademy]

Because the people giving the money to make the products and the people making the products have an "understanding". They want to "own" the people they hate, and the best way to do so is to destroy the stuff they loved for decades (even the "liberal" stuff). That is why Western cinema has completely fallen off a cliff.

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

Because they are narcissists who think they can do better

[@bluezauza]

My favourite interaction about RoP was a 30 something man from Canada, explaining to me , lecturing more like it, as if i was a child , the hows and whys I had been gaslighted all my life by Tolkien's misogynistic views on women and being utterly furious when I explained to him that at 59 , the last time a man had to explain to me how to interpret what i read was my Portuguese teacher at high school ( I am Portuguese) and that i had long ago learned how to think by myself and that what he was doing was called misogyny, gaslighting and mansplaining. Boy, was he furious.

[@sigmacademy]

Male feminists USUALLY have a rage issue (especially with women who don't fall into line with how they think women should be, especially when they have done all the effort of being "informed"). That's because they deceive women by being so-called "sensitive" to "women's issues", and get frustrated when their deception do not go according to their plans. In other words, they'll be EXTREMELY nice to women, as long as there is something in it for them.

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

They always tell on themselves, dont they?

[@wonderingpiper]

I first read LotR when I was 10. I still vividly recall the Moria scene of Gandalf reading Ori's diary and being *devastated* that my beloved Ori died so horrifically... I still remember feeling intense horror at the "doom-doom" drums in the deep, we are trapped, we cannot get out....... It was Tolkien who wrote those words that so deeply affected my little 10 yr old heart.... I am now a 40 yr old woman, and I adamantly refused to watch RoP, nothing the screenwriters create can come anywhere close to the mastercraft of Tolkien.

[@TheLoneDrow22]

This is like a cultural form of entertainment equivalent to pissing on someone's grave, then proceeding to get mad at and threaten the family members who got mad after witnessing such disrespect.

[@Didymus20X6]

It's not our side attacking fans; it's theirs. The only time I ever attack a "fan" of this show is when they try to tell me I'm wrong for disliking it. If they just act ignorant of our reasons for disliking it, I'll give it to them. If they disrespect us for disliking it, I will call them a r374rd (because they have to be). But if someone just says, "I like it," and leaves it at that, I'll leave them alone as long as they don't mind me saying, "I don't." If they throw down the gauntlet, won't hesitate to throw in myself. But we're not the ones on the attack here; they are.

[@_kmCarter]

“You clicked on my face!” 😂😂😂🤣🤣 I had someone accuse me of hate-watching for watching a show to critique it and being critical. Come on, y’all.

[@Trollificusv2]

The number of you watching the show (1) was added to their "record-breaking popularity" without complaint. Hell, if they would SUBTRACT "hate watches" from their inflated ratings I'd watch it myself. Well, I'd put it on. I wouldn't watch this crap on a bet.

[@cpg92]

Oh you have a brain tumor? Hey my grandfather was a brain surgeon….shall I have a crack at it?

[@Destroyer94100]

Sometimes it’s hard to believe that people like her exist but then you see the state of the world and it sinks in… these people are absolutely everywhere.

[@tkps]

They're not really. They just infiltrated areas with the most exposure. Initially social media then access media then entertainment and PR/Marketing. Musk ensured they now don't have the run of social media unopposed and to give YT its due it's allowed voices to rise without shutting them down. People who've infiltrated areas outside the usual academia, activism charity and some public service were given free rein for a while in areas where they are loud but such entities require profit and these people only cause losses so their short reign is ending and they don't like it.

[@greeneacre608]

It was always implied that Galadriel NOT Gandalf was the only being save Sauron capable of wielding the one ring and bending it (as much as anyone could) to her will. The speech given to Frodo when he offered the ring was a glimpse of the power within her.

[@grokeffer6226]

What I hate most about Rings of Power is that they've turned it into a stupid soap opera instead of what it was originally: an epic adventure and fable. Also, they've screwed around with the canon and are depicting the characters in a way that doesn't adhere to Tolkien's original vision. People don't look the way that they're supposed to. People don't behave the way that they're supposed to. Peter Jackson might have hacked off big pieces of the story and tacked on little pieces that seemed like filler, but all in all it was a pretty good job, considering time and budget limitations. ROP spent massive amounts to pretty much ruin the story for any real fan of J.R.R Tolkien. And now they wonder why we don't watch the show and think that they're idiots. Sheesh lady! Buy a clue.

[@thePsiMatrix]

If the hate was predictable then why did the studios run head-first into it? Because they want it! They want fans fighting because they think it gets more attention but the thing people hate most is when they realise they've been manipulated into playing someone else's game.

[@tosweetdelight]

Walter White: Just your average, high-school teacher who becomes a drug kingpin in the southwest US after getting sick. Sauron: Evil dude for two-thousand years or whatever who becomes... eviler? Yeah - those two things are exactly the same. BRILLIANT PLAN

[@AmsterdamHeavy]

As usual its "let people enjoy the thing" but only when the thing is something "they" like or approve of. As soon as its something they dont like, that rhetoric goes right out the window and it must be cancelled. Also, "hoping the thing fails" and cancelling actors, writers, directors arent the same thing. At all.

[@MegaLeoDOM]

i love how gary now uses one piece songs hahaha

[@wolfbane7497]

I hope he uses the drums of liberation

[@Arassar]

Gary doesn't know One Piece from a hole in the wall, but PierryChan does

[@crawlingboy]

i still hope that he gives the manga and anime a chance even though he is not a fan of the art cause it is so much more wonderful

[@wolfbane7497]

@@Arassar madam savvy loves one piece

[@georgejones5019]

​@@crawlingboy like anything else. He just needs a manga in a genre he likes. He clearly likes sci-fi and fantasy. He'd probably like Berzerk or Gundam.

[@MrThademon]

Fake geek girls get angry about this kind of stuff because you're supposed to see the show, change up your ways and then think the way she tells you to, not mock it especially from a position of knowledge.

[@solthesecond]

Fake geek girls get angry because it generates a huge amount of money. Nerdrotic and Co get angry at fake geek girls, because it generates themselves also a huge amount of money. It's a raig baiting cycle that only exists to make money out of people that actually care about the work of an author..

[@ghazzter]

The show is an abomination and a failure; you get over it.

[@BenisJam]

Damn these bots. Great video Gary! Love your early points. These types could EASILY enjoy their product without bother, but decide to get bothered that other people don't like it! Crazy stuff.

[@darthlaurel]

Women these days are just THE WORST.

[@SteveBreen-t3w]

That's right GET EM!

[@asarishepard8171]

I'm a woman and you're not wrong 😂 all insufferable

[@crazyralph6386]

Seems that a lot of this woke crap in Hollywood are done by them? Lindsay Weber calling the shots for ROP. You got Amy Pascal desecrating Ghostbusters 2016. Kathleen ruining SW, Willow and Indy, while Barbara Brocoli is likely setting up a woke upcoming Bond? Their hatred of the very franchises that gave them immense wealth, is absolutely palpable.

[@sigmacademy]

@@asarishepard8171 I think the commentator left out "Some" at the start of his comment? :P

[@Trollificusv2]

@@crazyralph6386 Note that the franchises that gave them that wealth were NOT the result of their creative efforts. Also, this Salke bimbo running Amazon Studios has done a HORRIBLE job, but has sleazed her way into a job where the boss has so much money she can't fail enough to get in trouble. She's the one that insta-cancelled the Conan project that people were excited about...because it was TOO MASCULINE.

[@Uhtred-the-bold]

Again, she doesn’t like this show, she likes the politics behind it.

[@sethkaicer319]

I don't care what they taught you in history class, my grandmother told me that Gary is black😮

[@frankvandorp2059]

RoP critics: "This is a bad show because *long list of thousands upon thousands of bad things in the show*" RoP defenders: "OMG, you're wrong because, because, it's just good OK? You just hate women or something."

[@sigmacademy]

They know ANY mediocre excuse they can come up with, far more rational minds can easily pick apart. That is why they always settle on the standard "you hate women or something" excuse. Also, I can't prove it, but the conspiratorial part of my mind tells me that the microscopic amount of people who like these TERRIBLE shows (usually all of them STUDIO films or series), could quite possibly be PR firms doing damage control for their "clients". At least that's a possibility one should seriously consider, seeing how even NORMIES can spot TERRIBLE media and who will then ignore such media, as seen in the sheer numbers who ACTUALLY show up for enjoyable media.

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

Precisely the reaction i was getting everytime i listed my reasons for disliking stuff. And then i thought "why waste time and energy writing a whole essay about why i hate the show if they arent gonna invest time and energy into reading it?"

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

​@@sigmacademytrue. If they havent attacked me right away and actually offered an argument why i was wrong, i disproved it with knowledge of canon and previous movies and comics (this was mcu fans). Then they switched to insults

[@claudiuskeat8336]

from fanfiction,, to insert characters, to shipping and thirst traps... The residents of Tumblr and 4chan have ascended!

[@thecloudtherapist]

The Mary Sue sounds like another great source for an untold number of episodes that Nerdrotic can make, laughing at all these so-called fans who have no idea what they're talking about. Keep it coming, I say!

[@bananamancoolguy7670]

My favorite part was when Halbrand told the orcs " I don't think you understand. I didn't come here to rescue Guyladriel from you. I came here to rescue you from him."

[@Trollificusv2]

"I came here to rescue you from they/them." fify

[@jdp2571]

They destroyed everything we enjoyed... them getting rekt is the best thing to happen to fhe movie/game industry in 10 yrs.

[@vahidoph]

I wouldn't say destroyed. I still enjoy the books. These are just fanfictions. No amount of protest and reason is gonna change these people's mind. Best thing to do is ignoring them till they get tired and go away.

[@marccreation1052]

A lot of trash was successful (Transformers, Fast & Furious) so they are outraged that their kind of slop isn' t cutting it. Well, those weren' t insulting us directly.

[@asarishepard8171]

They were dumb fun but clearly wanted to be their own thing. I can respect it

[@Dante02d12]

Many Fast&Furious movies are packed with great action scenes, so _at least_ there is something to pull out from it. They're the only ones who make litteral "car waterfalls".

[@alextu_Music]

By the way, she spelled "Aragon" instead of Aragorn. Time stamp: 14:06

[@BinkyTheElf1]

He’s Spanish? Ole! 🇪🇸

[@Ancientreapers]

0:21 I'm such a geek and nerd myself. I still have my double vinyl album for the Bakshi Lord Of The Rings animated. Movie theater Lobby Cards from the Animated and the Photo Novel among my LOTR collection. So yeah, I go back a ways.

[@DeetotheDubs]

The defense of soulless and insulting corporate product is as boring as it is predictable, pathetic, and a Litmus test to know who to ignore.

[@kathleenhensley5951]

I'm not convinced. Amazon could have made an incrediable masterpiece that people would be talking about for generations. They failed. They made Galadriel, the most powerful woman elf on Middle Earth, the daughter of one of the great elf kings, nothing more than a warrior. She's far, far more than a elf with a sword and bow!

[@RocafellaPlaza]

The Fight, Gary is talking about, is a TEMU version of 300 Leonidas vs. Persians. The Side Shot in Slow Motion

[@Mereologist]

There is a way the 'sword and bow' thing could have been done well. And even fairly faithfully. Galadriel's role on some of these events is not always clear because the Silmarilion tends to describe events in very broad strokes. We know in her younger days that she was not only pretty and smart but also athletic. And we know also that she declined to go across the sea because she wanted to be a leader. On those terms, we can let her have her sword and bow for the very admirable reason that 'she will not tell others to take risks that she will not'... the kind of thing that other soldiers would look up to. We could see her trying to carve out her own way and solve problems. What we CANNOT see is her being combative WITH OTHER ELVES. Having her be the opposite of diplomatic, constantly arrogant and bickering with every other ruler she meets is NOT what a leader does. It's what a spoiled brat does. We CANNOT see her showing off. She CANNOT be insensitive to death and the price of war. Her whole quest to purge the world of orcs is completely twisted. Pretty much NOTHING she does in Amazon's show is in-character for her.

[@TheCybercoco]

Yeah, I have to say that Galadriel on this show is one of the biggest downgrades I've ever seen for a character, period (she's not a "young lady" when this show takes place, she's already wise and powerful queen). And they did it in the name of female empowerment? Really? That's the irony of all this. In their pursuit of female empowerment, all they do is denigrate women. I have to wonder if it's on purpose at this point. Surely, people can't be this incompetent.

[@anwylhsm954]

@@TheCybercoco Because Galadriel was an ACTUAL "strong female character". The problem is that people no longer know what a strong woman looks like, they mistakenly think that a strong woman is just "toxic masculinity with boobs". That's why they created Guyladriel. It is, ironically, misogynistic as f*ck and completely erases femininity.

[@tkps]

@@TheCybercoco Sadly women who encourage this within the especially US entertainment industry (but others are also guilty) are basically the most cowardly women we've ever produced. Cry bullies who claim to be oppressed by virtue of not having every whim they demand accommodated. Claim it's 'coz patriarchy' but can never explain what they mean by that. Would LOVE to beat up and stand over whoever gets in their way but know they never can nor admit to wanting to so create/cheer on characters made in that image. Most women don't like such portrayals. But these are insecure women willing to blame every ill on everyone but themselves even as their misery is self inflicted.

[@Nunya310]

Literally just saw an article on my google chrome saying “the rings of power may be cancelled due to poor viewership” 😂

[@HST33]

Please tell me you're not joking 😂

[@ragecandy]

"Let people enjoy the thing" like their moaning isn't why every major franchise got ruined

[@jasonyankovec8541]

My collection is a set of leather bound with gold leaf and original artwork books(Hobbit, LotR and Silmarillion). The only problem is they are still in the shrink wrap and I can't bring myself to take them out to read them vs. my old beat up paper backs.

[@malcontender6319]

Ahh, the Silmarillion. Reads like a cross between the bible and a Chinese phonebook. No wonder Tolkien wouldn't sign off on it for his son, it's terrible.

[@joemeatballs3694]

If its the Harper Collins editions I have the exact same ones, they're beautiful, you should open them up and have a look. Carefully of course

[@remconoordermeer7015]

This makes me wish being "nerdy" wasn't cool anymore. Let's just get back to beating us up and leaving us and the worlds we love effin' alone, mmmkay?

[@wombatillo]

It's a caricature of nerdom. These people think the Big Bang Theory has real nerds in it.

[@shykorustotora]

The thing that annoyed me was the "It's a great time to be a nerd". When I was a nerd in high school 15 years ago, I had water bottles thrown at me, my bag ripped, shoved to the ground and my face ate concrete, all because I was a "nerd". The only reason Rachael enjoys being a "nerd" now is because it's trending, it's what all the cool kids are doing. She wouldn't last 5 seconds as a nerd 15 years ago. Hell, she can barely handle being a nerd now with all these "toxic fans" disagreeing with her and hurting her feewings~

[@solthesecond]

So because you grew up in a toxic environtment other people don't get to be "nerds"?

[@shykorustotora]

@@solthesecond That's funny. I'm assuming by "toxic environment" you're referring to "literally everywhere on Earth prior to 2010", right? Back in the day you had two options; Don't tell a soul you were a nerd, or be open about it and endure the abuse. We earned our right to be true, hardcore "nerds" through literal blood, sweat and tears. People these days don't bleed or sweat or cry. We walked so they could run and what do we get in return? Battlepasses, price hikes, AAAA games for "modern audiences" and games that get shut down 13 days after launching. And when we say we have a problem with it, we get told "You're not the target demographic anymore." I say we bring back bullying. Screw your feelings. If you can't hack it as a nerd, go cry in the corner. We who bled for this fandom will survive, we'll be fine. The weak will cry and leave. Perfect imo

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

True. Real nerds grew tough skin growing up because of all the bullying. She sounds more like popular kids who were always beloved and after school and joining real life they realized not everyone's gonna love them.

[@drdreddmanofmystery9482]

I see that The Mary Sue still hasn't figured out that being a Mary Sue is a bad thing. lol

[@NOLA-vv3sz]

I honestly could not give two sheets about black elves or dwarves. Don’t care. All Amazon would have to say is “we had casting calls, these WERE THE BEST ones to audition. So we went with it.” Instead, they say “We wanted to be inclusive and ensure proper diversity.” It is a dis service to the actors that they required tone over ability and then gave them absolute crap characterization.

[@sigmacademy]

The thing, though, is these actors were SPECIFICALLY chosen for who they were as real people, and I would suspect, quite possibly for their political affiliation. There isn't even an argument to be made that "they were just the best people." Also, ironically enough, the showrunners could have had their "diversity" angle AND have made it work - considering the fact that they don't have any rights to any of the more well-known Tolkien stories, they could SIMPLY have told stories set in the OTHER areas of Middle-Earth that featured other nations. That would, however, have required them to KNOW THAT, and having the ability and creativity to write something that would easily and seamlessly fit into Tolkien's world, which has been up to now, been TOTALLY beyond their capabilities. LITERALLY EVERYTHING about the two showrunners showed that they had no IDEA of what needed to be done, and the First Season was simply a reflection of that. The showrunners and writers were just TERRIBLE at adapting Tolkien's world. That's TOTALLY separate from the fact that they were ALWAYS going to turn it into a political platform, and the predictable attacks on the fans they KNEW they were going to piss off doing what they did.

[@NOLA-vv3sz]

@@sigmacademy i don’t think we disagree at all.

[@beter21137]

10:34 Reminds me of the Halo show. The director: Ah yes, we havent played the games, but dont worry about it, well make this video game adaptation a good one. John Halo will get its cool series!

[@jockspice]

She isn't a fan, she is an "anti-fan"; her whole purpose is to destroy things that she doesn't like or agree with. Being like that, she is exactly the thing that she's calling out. It's tedious that this approach is destroying the legacy great works, such as LOTR and Star Wars.

[@alex_tucker]

GIRLGOLAS! WHAT DO YOUR STRONG FEMALE EYES SEE, UNBURDENED BY WHAT HAS BEEN???

[@malcontender6319]

I demand more likes for this most deserving comment.

[@matthewwolf90]

The sheer hypocrisy of claiming “Just let people enjoy the thing” when these same Weirdos, LITERALLY go out of their way, to attack, shame, bully? And attempt to cancel! If people dare “Not like the thing” Gary is bringing up the old wisdom of “If you don’t like something, just watch,read, listen to something else.” But these professional victims pretending to be “fans” can’t help but go out and attack anyone that doesn’t just lap up trash quality crap they want to shove down everyone’s throats.

[@gingerbaker_toad696]

Thank you! And please never stop! This is the last hill.. it is too important and I am so glad that there are so many people knowing that as well :) Whole LotR love ❤️

[@IllidariThinias]

Those tantrums these shills are throwing when confronted with critisism, are also very predictable. But instead of boring, I find them highly amusing!😂

[@malcontender6319]

For what the shills/hucksters are being paid they had better be predictable

[@SuperfluousMoniker]

"It's a great time to be a nerd!... but being online during this time has been miserable." Since you're terminally online, what does that mean for you, Rachel?

[@thelankywanderer]

It's fascinating as to why Amazon would create such an abysmally low quality production.

[@sigmacademy]

Especially when it's one of the most expensive productions currently being made. I've seen FAN PRODUCTIONS with better sets, costumes and acting.

[@mikestansbury2510]

here's the thing... the garbage they put on "tv" or in theaters these days is so bad, there are only a few other options for good content. and that just happens to be youtube and the people like nerdrotic, geeks & gamers, ryan kinel and other content creators that they just can't help watching. they don't want to like it, but they can't help it because they know what we are saying is true. so they end up over here getting angry because you guys don't think the garbage is any good, nor do you give them any convictions with their fake feelings and love toward the crap they pretend to "watch because it pushes their ridiculous message or politics." i see right through you people.

[@DHollan]

I've said it before. The best way to win an argument with people like The Mary Sue is to just let them talk. They prove their ignorance and idiocy regularly.

[@Oudeis000]

14:52 "Rachel Leishman the big fan that's got a baby Yoda on a single shelf in her room with 19 cats" ROTFL

[@Trollificusv2]

She also has a funko pop figure of Ackbar in her closet somewhere. Big geekin' it, oh yeah.

[@lm13981]

I think part of the problem is that Amazon is trying to make LOTR into a booktok book. Romance fantasy, it isn’t that smh 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@ryeis1]

@5:45 Did you just call her 'baby cakes?' Be careful. Language like that could get you cancelled nowadays! 🤣🤣🤣

[@julianjaye]

One doesn't simply watch Rings of power and think it's good

[@jaseskcur1224]

I don't think they meant to use the word 'titular' here. Trying to lend credence to themselves as a writer?

[@marccreation1052]

As Gandalf said: like the river flies, so the mountain mhh Monuntain Dew.

[@cynthiajohnson9412]

I'm a 70s fan of 'Lord of The Rings', from long before the movies came out. And back in the 70s we all read 'Bored Of The Rings' and laughed our asses off, because we could love, love, love something and still make fun of it. The Tale of Farrarshirt and Arrowslacks (two cheap polyester men's clothing brands back in the day - we thought it was funny). Mocking stuff is an constitutionally protected right in America. And if we can enjoy mocking stuff we love, we sure as hell can mock the stuff we hate. And if you critic guys can make money mocking garbage, I say damn, more power to you. That's truly the American way!

[@therukshuka3616]

So rich how theyll call you guys grifters but the sites they post articles on make you wade through ads and pop-ups like some dystopian parody.

[@cursethemountain]

"Geeky adaptations" no, these are normie adaptations of geeky properties

[@Sithlords77]

13:27 "Write an article on the laser pointer that entertained you last week." 😂😂😂 I'm dead

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

The Mary Sue is meant to be made fun of and they do so well in proving it.

[@hatuletoh]

If I wrote and published an article like that I'm pretty sure my high school English teacher would track me down and kick my ass. And I'm pretty sure he could do it too, despite being in his 70s or 80s now, because he was a not your typical English teacher, except that he wore a tweed sweater.

[@melaniehickey236]

First, why all this hate about the patriarchy? Did these women have dead beat divorced dads? Were their fathers just mean or neglectful? I know about the southern patriarchy, and my Dad approved of me, my goals, and my struggle to achieve them. BUT, there was no hate. Just the struggle we all go through for our place in the sun. You can not make it all about men if you are not one. Everyone is not a lesbian and some women actually love men and have children with them. The struggle is for your place in a safe, sane world, NOT about "Haters" in a make-believe fantasy world. In the cinematic world, the struggle is about well crafted storytelling for a PROFIT. Get REAL.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

"This bish is a tourist!" Well said, Gary!

[@SquirrilahFish]

This chick would say that "Enders Game" the movie is better than the book.

[@MightyR3dwood]

I hate that movie with such a passion I get physically sick to my stomach every time I remember that it exists! Yup, happening right now.

[@bv_7766]

Yeah, it’s funny how they always claim how open and inclusive they are..Then display how not open and inclusive and down right toxic they actually are themselves…

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

Today I looked up ROP hashtag on Twitter. Average tweet about this show had like 15 likes. Bridgerton, for example, that ended months ago, average tweet has hundreds to thousands like. So...

[@falloutfan2502]

You can like whatever you want, but if ENOUGH people don't like it, it won't get the funding to stay on the air. That's nothing wrong with us, that's just reality.

[@jasoncoward-aintscared]

Legit nerd channels bitchslapping fake nerd outlets is more entertaining than the IP itself.

[@timbotron4000]

Note to self: never piss of Nerdrotic 😂😂

[@rincemind8369]

The same kind of stupid people that always looked down upon nerds are now posing as nerds because they want to look cool. Nothing has changed regarding their snobbery and lack of knowing/understanding the topic.

[@annienunyabiz6627]

One of the underlying themes running through all of Tolkien's work is fellowship- people coming together to fight a greater evil. Guyladrial alone is in direct conflict to that, not to mention the bulk of the rest of the characters in Rings of Power. Her not understanding that shows she doesn't know anything about Tolkien.