>>283551170
>You might be
I am, but that's not it
Symbolism is often a crutch used by pseudo intellectuals to hide bad writing behind a heavy handed application of their themes in a way that gets around not making sense by saying "it's supposed to be that way" as though that was an excuse
I know good symbolism exists
I really appreciate it when I see it
I'm just tired of people excusing bad writing with "it's symbolism!" because yeah obviously it's symbolism but that doesn't change the fact that it sucks