You have to consider them like art critics.

They’ve put in their ten thousand hours studying the material. They’ve found their niche and subcategory. They don’t want to see that some generic rehash of the same pose or whatever, they want something with an opinion, that makes them feel something, and where you can look at it and see the genius behind it.

So it doesn’t surprise me they’re averse to slop.

…or so I’m told anyways.