Thank you for clarifying. If anything, it explains why people forgive it, because it leaves things vague in just enough places to cover up the shoddy workmanship. Which is why my go-to-reference is more Scott McCloud because he so eloquently drew/wrote what aids in storytelling and visualising the story.
For the record, my favourite authors are all dead*: Kurt Vonnegut, Terry Pratchett, Iain Banks, the list goes on. Some were known to be caring individuals, others like Harlan Ellison made being a shitty person a part of their persona. And yet others like Isaac Asimov are complex, once lauded as forward thinking, but now considered creepy for the careless misogyny.
*not all, as John Scalzi, Charlie Stross and Andy Weier are still around, now that I think of it.
