And this is so very, very true. It's also very frustrating! You can't have a real discussion with someone who insists that a character must be thinking/feeling a certain way because they, the debater, does/would in that situation. It's entirely emotional, and has nothing to do with the character, but generally they don't see it, or believe it.
Interpretation is, of course, based on POV, which is based on experience, but there's interpretation of the text and then there's ignoring the text based on what one thinks "should" happen, and the latter is, IMO, a flaw.
I'm not entirely sure people know when they're doing it, though? So then I have to wonder if I'd know if I did it, haha.
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Date: 2004-07-16 07:58 pm (UTC)Here also from the Daily Snitch.
And this is so very, very true. It's also very frustrating! You can't have a real discussion with someone who insists that a character must be thinking/feeling a certain way because they, the debater, does/would in that situation. It's entirely emotional, and has nothing to do with the character, but generally they don't see it, or believe it.
Interpretation is, of course, based on POV, which is based on experience, but there's interpretation of the text and then there's ignoring the text based on what one thinks "should" happen, and the latter is, IMO, a flaw.
I'm not entirely sure people know when they're doing it, though? So then I have to wonder if I'd know if I did it, haha.