People that obsess over “plot holes” in TV shows and movies are highly irritating

It seems like every place on the internet (especially right wing websites) these days is filled with people pointing out “plot holes” in shows like Game of Thrones, Star Wars or the Marvel Cinema. It’s slowly becoming a regular thing where the conclusion of an episode or season is released and almost on schedule, people point out things that basically break the story.<br><br>Sadly that’s not really plot holes but a lack of basic understanding of the story and a lack of willingness to accept that you just don’t have all the information. <br><br>There are actually two big issues here:<br><br>1. People don’t understand that in a fictional universe, as long as the currently presented information is consistent, there is nothing wrong with not having provided all the information yet. It’s called a mystery, it’s supposed to be ok not to have all the answers. If you didn’t get an answer to a question in a novel, you don’t blast it all over an online forum because you think it was bad writing. <br><br>2. Many of these “plot holes” require a huge amount of context to make them make sense. These storytellers spend hours preparing their story, getting every department on the same page and in some cases (especially with the Marvel Cinema) that means coordinating with up to five movies at a time. You can’t possibly expect that everyone reading your movie understands the greater context, let alone understands all the movies, anthologies and TV-Shows in the MCU. That’s a big part of the problem - you don’t have to like it, you don’t have to watch the other shows and movies, you don’t have to tell them on social media media how stupid it is. <br>This actually touches on a larger problem I have with social media in general and that are the people that don’t underatand the (kind of) basic premise of social media: You posting something on the internet does not make you part of a discussion, it makes you part of the noisi. So please, if you have an opinion about something that was made for the entertainment of other people, consider why you’re posting it on the internet and whether you’re actually part of the discussion or just adding to the noise.<br><br>The people that irritate me the most are the ones that point out a plot hole and then try to explain the story in a way that doesn’t make any sense. These people are the reason I could never take comfortable participation in a discussion on the internet because I know someone will always come along and try to prove they know more than you do about a topic by mocking your understanding of it. It’s just not worth it. <br><br>The worst part: The worst part, in my opinion, is that this kind of talk can actually taint how people perceiving a story. They will form a perception of the storytelling being bad and thus of the creators of the story, simply because they don’t have all the information and don’t want to wait for the storytellers to give it to them. So finally, my biggest issue is that this will change the way we perceive content being made by others. We should be encouraging storytelling, not critizising storytellers for something they in many cases haven’t even prepared yet because we don’t understand it. <br><br>If I could say something to these people, it would be this: "Stop. Think about why you’re telling people about this on the internet. Are you really part of the discussion or are you just adding to the noise? Do you have something to say or are you just trying to prove yourself?"