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Crow: "Oh sure, just shove the irony in our faces, why don't you!"|'''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''', "Soultaker"}}
{{quote|Yes. Topic of the Day X exists! You know what else exists? Child abuse. So I’d better make sure I put that in every book I write. Because readers love that. If I’m telling a story about rocket ships, readers love it when your characters pause to have a discussion about animal cruelty, pollution, the dangers of over prescribing psychotropic drugs, or how we need to be sensitive to people with peanut allergies too. Readers are totally into being preached at about author’s favorite causes.
{{quote|In the end, ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' suffers from a textbook case of trying to do too much. J.K. Rowling wanted to stuff political intrigue, the grittiness of the latter half of the Harry Potter franchise, and hamfisted critiques of American culture into her story about magical animals. It’s a poor combination, and severely damages the resulting film. The quality is there – it is just hidden underneath a load of garbage. For the sequels, let’s hope that the filmmakers choose to steer more towards the direction of light-hearted fun and exploration, and less towards child abuse and executions. Because we can’t possibly expect some mixture of these to work out.▼
Have you ever gone into Barnes and Noble, went to the clerk at the info desk, and said “Hey, I really want to purchase with my money a science fiction novel which will increase my AWARENESS of troubling social issues.”? No? This is my shocked face.
|[https://plotandtheme.com/2016/11/29/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-a-chimera-of-whimsy-and-doldrums/ “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” – a Chimera of Whimsy and Doldrums] on ''Plot and Theme'' }}▼
| '''Larry F. Correia''', ''[http://monsterhunternation.com/2014/01/28/ending-binary-gender-in-fiction-or-how-to-murder-your-writing-career/ Ending Binary Gender in Fiction, or How to Murder Your Writing Career]''}}
{{quote|My recommendations for the Hugo Awards last year were not precisely the same as Larry Correia's in Sad Puppies 2, nor are they identical to Brad Torgersen's recommendations in Sad Puppies 3. But they are similar because we value excellence in actual science fiction and fantasy, rather than excellence in intersectional equalitarianism, racial and gender inclusion, literary pyrotechnics, or professional rabbitology.
| '''Vox Day''' on "[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/02/rabid-puppies-2015.html Rabid Puppies 2015]" Hugo recommendations }}
▲{{quote|In the end, ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' suffers from a textbook case of trying to do too much. J.K. Rowling wanted to stuff political intrigue, the grittiness of the latter half of the Harry Potter franchise, and hamfisted critiques of American culture into her story about magical animals. It’s a poor combination, and severely damages the resulting film. The quality is there – it is just hidden underneath a load of garbage. For the sequels, let’s hope that the filmmakers choose to steer more towards the direction of light-hearted fun and exploration, and less towards child abuse and executions. Because we can’t possibly expect some mixture of these to work out.
▲|[https://plotandtheme.com/2016/11/29/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-a-chimera-of-whimsy-and-doldrums/ “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” – a Chimera of Whimsy and Doldrums] on ''Plot and Theme'' }}
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