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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

It's just, this is all sort-of my job? Like, digging into why I think something works (or doesn't work) and trying to explain that to people, that's basically what selling books to people is all about?

If someone comes in and says they liked a particular Batman story, I can always just sell them another Batman story. But, eventually, that's going to wear thin. That person's going to want something beyond Batman stories. (NOTE: Not all people! Some of them legitimately just want Batman stories forever!) So what I need to do is figure out what inside that Batman story that they were responding to. Was it the art, the writing, the tone, the duration, the twists, the themes... what about that story resonated with that person, and then what other stories have those same elements?

The other big part of the job is recommendations, and that's trying to find hidden gems that people might overlook. So that's just reading something, figuring out if it's something I like, and then trying to convey what about it that I liked to someone else. It's never "here's what happened in the story", but what about the story is worth experiencing, or what someone might like about it.

All of this, watching something and trying to understand it, trying to figure out what it's trying to say, trying to communicate that to other people, that's just how my brain works all the time now.

Wow, I really love reading analysis of things and frankly your experience and skill with it shows even in just skimming your threads. It's just really nice to see you dive into all aspects of the media, catching things other might not.