10, 11, 12?

10. Most disliked arc? Why?

For the Silmarillion? Despite my avowed disinterest in the fandom hyper-focus on Noldor in Tirion during the time of the Two Trees, which because I no longer activity seek Silmarillion content outside of myself and my small corner, it probably not as popular anymore for all I know … in the Silmarillion it’s the Second Age stuff. Númenor? Drown the place. Eregion and all that Celebrimbor and Annatar story? Snore.

Okay, If I go into DC Comics where there are definite arcs and an absolute MINEFIELD of bad writing and butchered characterizations to choose, well, that excess of riches means that I’ve been trying to avoid reading the known worst-of-the-worst.

I didn’t like most of Morrison’s Batman Incorporated, with the exception of Stephanie’s chapter. Just, ew no. I guess I’m not a Morrison fan. The Court of Owls still sounds stupid; most Illuminati conspiracy theory secret society plots do. Battle for the Cowl is infamously bad.

But hey, Star Wars! There’s one where I read a lot of bad stories until it got to DelRey and Vong and beyond bad. For Clone Wars, when they brought back Maul, I was done. But the Mortis Arc I disliked and don’t understand why it was so loved. But with the Bantam Era EU I waiver between the Jedi Academy trilogy awfulness and Zahn’s technically better written trilogy but I actually hate it more for creating all of Zahn’s pet characters and canonizing that Dark Horse comic arc and Mara Jade’s ‘Grey Jedi’ bullshit, Thrawn the Villain Gary Stu, Karde bad puns more original pet characters propped up by the author, Luuke, etc… There was a book where the main villain was the return of the one-armed wampa-eater yeti thing, but at least it wasn’t treated in fandom as awesome as Zahn’s works.

11. Is there an unpopular character you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

I love and defend Elwing and Indis and have since my first read-through, and it pains me that they are unpopular and outright villainized (in ways that often hint at underlying misogyny) in areas of the fandom. I strongly sympathized with them from the get-go. Also Eöl the asshole genius who is on the wrong side of the fandom’s imperialistic sympathies.

Jason Todd has a large and sympathetic fandom nowadays, hooray. Jessica Cruz is definitely popular in the DC fandom, though I wish Simon Baz got more love because I like the two of them together. Plus Simon with his very relateable ‘i don’t really want to live on this terrible earth’ and his white mage girl style powers of healing and seer-prophecy while having that aggressive fighter dude personality is entertaining – let him become the support character deep inside him as he cheers on Jessica and helps her overcome her anxieties to become the tank that protects him. 

12. Is there an unpopular arc that you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

Silm fandom- so those two lines about the Bór are the most intriguing part of the Fifth Battle, am I right? Yes?

…Vanyar and Sindar anything.

The fact that the freaking ‘Lay of Leithian’ feels like it isn’t popular in the Simarillion online fandom is just bizarre.

Okay, here’s a great answer: Attack of the Clones is the most enjoyable Star Wars film for me to watch. Romance, Obi Wan being a detective, political machinations but not too much, wide range of locales.