I appreciate that #17776 exists. I am glad that #multimedia #fiction didn't go away again after #Homestuck, and I recognize that there's a lot to say about how both stories seem to rely heavily on #postapocalyptic #absurdism in their depictions of human nature, and would like to speculate on whether this is the #genre that will characterize multimedia fiction.
But when the #TVTropes page for a work is that freaky, I know I will not be reading the work itself.
@phildini I stopped after the initial jump scare made me almost drop my phone.
Can we say the polarization is a good thing for #17776 and its medium because it's gotten people to talk about it? Will it be taken more seriously as "#literature" because it's not a young adult novel like Homestuck? (As much as I hate to say it, because YA is among my favorite literary categories, tho I also occasionally mock its reputation.)
@DialMforMara I'm actively happy about art and literature that doesn't regress to the mean to try and appeal to everyone.
I'm also happy to see corporate-sponsored surrealist art. SBNation gave us a gift and set a possible model for the future.
I'm less happy about seeing some people devolve into ad hominem attacks as part of their "critique" of the piece.
(Not that you did, but I've seen it happen)
@phildini it is sad that so much "literary criticism" is actually personal attacks on authors for doing things the "critic" personally doesn't like.
@DialMforMara #177776 seems the most polarizing online work in recent memory. I've yet to meet anyone who was "meh" about it, they either actively loved it or actively stopped reading it part way through.