This ALWAYS happens.

"Oh, you think Acolyte sucked? Star Wars has ALWAYS been bad."

"Oh, Rings of Power is bad Tolkien fanfic? PJ changed things too!"

And now this one. It just feels like someone was salty the two shows originally started up at the same time.

These kinds of arguments NEVER build up the media they're standing up for. What did you even like about the show/game/movie? Why do you think this is better than the other thing? Explain how the writing is stronger with evidence.

It almost always feels like there's some kind of meta moral argument, which is super hilarious coming from people stepping up to bat for fucking Amazon and Disney. "This show is good, actually, because it has black and gay people in it." Ah, yes... the billionaire corporation threw a rancid script to some amateur actor who happens to have the correct skin tone for you to feel sympathy. That TOTALLY elevates the story... Fuck's sake....

I would genuinely LOVE to see a pro-RoP breakdown as in-depth and eloquent as Mewbschly or RFT just to try to understand their perspective on writing.