When did that even become a valid argument for anything?
I'm genuinely curious since it's one of those things that pops up alot among popular IPs. Take the new Batman(The Dark Knight Rises) movie. In just about every topic asking what villains people would like in it someone had to state this. Then it usually steam rolled into several posts everytime someone mentioned a villain that wasn't part of Batman's popular rogues gallery.
Another example of this is using words from other languages. Common words from other languages are okay. Usually this never bothers me since most authors/shows have enough explanation in context not to warrant me having to go to an interpreter to find out what they said, and in some cases you weren't even meant to understand what the person was saying in context till later. Still I like it because it adds depth.
The reason lately it's started to annoy me is, how does anything get popular? One of two ways. Either you put it out there, and take your chances, or you play to the highest common denominators of popularity. Which means you leach on what is already popular till it plays out. Making it hard for people who want to visit that area later. That's right I just called popularity the great land fill of ideas, but so far there is no Eco Group preventing us from poisoning our originality.
My main point is how does your audience learn anything if you treat them like a highly sheltered bubble child? Which is a funny state of evolution from the "your audience is dumb" trope. I know the goal of any product is to sell, but if you're throwing things out that add depth you're doing a great disservice to yourself, and adding to the sameness that alot of stuff seems to be growing towards. Are we really living in that sheltered of a world?
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