Just as examples:
- I’ve never played a Pokemon game despite being just the right age where my peers were really into gen 1 as a kid.
- I have yet to watch any of the Alien or Predator franchise movies (except Prometheus, which I didn’t realize was in the Alien franchise when I watched it long ago) but am planning on rectifying that when I can get a chance.
- Oh, and I’ve never seen the “hawk tuah” video.
I’ve tried multiple times, but it doesn’t gel with me. Alt history, like you said, bit also ‘lotr with abundant sex’ just doesn’t sit well with me.
And then the world was devastated by the badly written ending, and I felt vindicated without even having skin in the game.