Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3146930-20131209150357/@comment-9090085-20131212010000

That is called "constructive criticism", and it is something that is rarely used, especially online. You can say "that was great" or "that sucked", but if you don't say why it was good or bad, it doesn't really say anything about the work or how it can be improved.

I.e. it's not really criticism - especially when your "criticism" is "you're just pandering to anime fans"; which would imply he's in this for profit, or something; which he most certainly is not, especially since he has gone out his way make buying the show completely optional(hosting it for free on three different sites, anyone?).

Honestly this all-or-nothing approach to entertainment annoys me: why does every little bit have to be perfect, when, no mater where you look, they never are? look at any show/game/whatever and you will find flaws - the shows you like just so happen to have flaws you don't mind.

For instance, I, no mater the medium, put a generally low value on visuals(the main exceptions being fight scenes and Homeworld 2, which still has the most detail in the largest scale in a game for 10 years); I probably should mention that the shows I watched when I was "young" were Beast Wars, Reboot, and Transformers Energon - the last of which had absolutely horrific animations.

As a fledgling writer, just hearing praise or distaste without telling me why someone feels that way is meaningless(even just saying "the story's too creepy for me" is nice); particularly since, until a few years ago, I had no idea how to criticize a work - I knew I did/did not like it, but I had no idea why.