Originally Posted by Zeke.
When providing a critique on works to creators themselves (ie. class critique, etc.), this is always how I go about doing so. However, that is with the intent of providing them with means for improvement, or helping to push them further down the direction that you feel they have already begun to succeed in. In an online forum, no such objective exists (well, I'm sure there are forums that exists solely for the purpose of such an objective, but AHS isn't necessarily a place where we critique one another's work); the objective here is one of sharing personal opinion (and discussing news, etc.).
I think it also depends on how you rate your own works and projects (self-critique), as well as how you prefer to receive critique yourself. I am a tyrant to myself in my own creations, and am never satisfied until I feel I have problem-solved repeatedly time-and-time again to remove its weakest points. Likewise, if something is lacking, I prefer someone to tell me directly, as the objective lies in making good work, not within garnering praise for simply making an effort.
In making watered down versions of my own experiences ("not my cup of tea"), as a writer, I don't feel that statement does the emotion, nor opinion that was formed as a result of it, justice. Expressing emotions with strength and giving accuracy to the extent that they were felt, is important to me, and playing the middle ground just doesn't feel real or authentic - it's not truth. Being passive in daily life is exhausting, so my writing style, and as a result my online persona, tends too come off as bold. However, I'll tell you that the strength of dislike I have for things, is outweighed by the strength of love I have for things that truly impress me, and make me all the much more thankful and appreciative to have them. (Sakura Nagashi, Take 5, Keep Tryin', etc.)
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