What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In?

[Reynard]

Everyone has their preferences and limits. Is there a genre, medium or other form of geek media that you just don't do?

For me, it is LitRPG. Nope. I love Portal Fantasy, and Guardians of the Flame (a portal fantasy where they traveled to the world of the game they played) was foundational for me since I discovered it as a (way to young for the subject matter) kid. But I have exactly no interest in LitRPG or "isekai" (sp?) stories of people in their games with characters talking about spell slots and health bars or whatever.

I suspect there are probably some really good books in the genre, but that's okay. There is plenty else to read.

 

[Retreater]

Anime and Manga. I can watch an Anime movie, but I don't want to do a long form series.

 

[Pedantic]

Everyone has their preferences and limits. Is there a genre, medium or other form of geek media that you just don't do?

For me, it is LitRPG. Nope. I love Portal Fantasy, and Guardians of the Flame (a portal fantasy where they traveled to the world of the game they played) was foundational for me since I discovered it as a (way to young for the subject matter) kid. But I have exactly no interest in LitRPG or "isekai" (sp?) stories of people in their games with characters talking about spell slots and health bars or whatever.

I suspect there are probably some really good books in the genre, but that's okay. There is plenty else to read.

Almost exactly the opposite for me, or maybe some overlap. I can't stand the isekai frame narrative, the whole fish out of water in a different world portal fantasy thing, but I'm absolutely down for a strictly codified progression system.

 

[TiQuinn]

So, I will try pretty much anything once, but once I feel like I've been burned by something, I don't really care how long that thing goes on or how much it changes, I'm probably not going back to it.

 

[payn]

Star Wars beyond the Skywalker saga. I think "refuse" is probably too strong a word, but yeah the extended universe has little interest to me.

Magic the Gathering. When it first hit I didnt have the money for it along with other priorities (like paying for college). I havent met anyone that has been a serious collector and player that makes it sound appealing.

Wheel of Time books. Similar to the MtG idea, everyone I talk to makes it sound both amazing and terrible. "14 books and only half of them are bad!" The investment just puts me off. Same with the TV show Lost.

 

[TiQuinn]

Star Wars beyond the Skywalker saga. I think "refuse" is probably too strong a word, but yeah the extended universe has little interest to me.

Magic the Gathering. When it first hit I didnt have the money for it along with other priorities (like paying for college). I havent met anyone that has been a serious collector and player that makes it sound appealing.

Wheel of Time books. Similar to the MtG idea, everyone I talk to makes it sound both amazing and terrible. "14 books and only half of them are bad!" The investment just puts me off. Same with the TV show Lost.

All three of those are on my list too with the same caveats for Star Wars - it could draw me back in but I really have all I need from the OT and PT. Magic and Wheel of Time - they just feel insurmountable. Like, why would I want to get started now?

For me, you can add Game of Thrones. I'm done with that world.

 

[The Firebird]

Marvel movies and comic books never did anything for me. Anime and manga the same way.

 

[Reynard]

Wheel of Time books. Similar to the MtG idea, everyone I talk to makes it sound both amazing and terrible. "14 books and only half of them are bad!" The investment just puts me off. Same with the TV show Lost.

That is me with Big Fat Fantasy series in general. I gave WoT a honest go, then ASoIaF, and finally Stormlight. NOPE.

 

[TiQuinn]

Ah, thought of an all-encompassing type of geek media I'll never get into - collectible card games.

I have no desire to play them, no desire to put my money towards them. I hate the idea of buying something that I don't know what I'm getting; that it has a collectibility aspect to it that makes me feels like I'm being manipulated in some way. Lootcrates and stuff like that raise my same hackles.

 

[TwoSix]

Comic books and graphic novels in general. I have no problem with the superhero genre, but I would rather savor a novel for 5 hours than a comic book for 20 minutes at similar price points.