But what I loved more than the chuckle was what he had to say: “I worry that people might fail to write good books because they think these warnings are real rules. There are no real rules. Tell good stories and tell them well and don’t leave the reader feeling cheated at the end.”
Lol, that picture is possibly the best thing ever.
But isn’t that the problem with OUAT? That a portion of the audience is actually very vocally content with the kinds of stories the show is telling, as long as their ship sails into the sunset? And are actively and aggressively trying to silence dissent, criticism, or alternative interpretations along the lines of “this is misogyny/racism/sexism/classism” etc?
In other words, it sounds like part of the fandom is attempting to enforce their own very narrow experience of OUAT as the only normal and legitimate one. And Kistowitz are encouraging that part of the fandom, essentially giving them the authority to act as a thought police, thus outsourcing the labor of actually telling a good story to essentially a group that acts like trolls, and brow beats everyone else into agreement, silence, or “safe places” (or, really, minority enclaves) like this forum?
Is that a more or less fair assessment?