(10-19-2016, 06:47 PM)Verad Wrote: It's more an issue of style and content being seen as similar-to-identical when they're discrete elements of writing.
But you see that in how we discuss the lore as well. Check the 3.4 spoiler thread for a number of posts to the effect of "This would have been much more interesting if the content was portrayed more effectively."
I would argue that style and content being near identical is not the issue, and that it is instead presented in your second paragraph: poor portrayal.
Media with identical style and content can still be interesting (see: self-referential and parody media).