The "then make your own" argument

[scarfman]

I have a hard time relating to people who object when their criticism of fanfiction is rebutted, "Then make your own." This is because my response is to make my own. But apparently the same rebuttal has started to come up in criticism of professional comics these days, and I can offer a counterargument for that.

If you're criticising professional comics these days, and someone rebuts, "Then make your own," I suggest a response something along the lines of:

"If you don't like the plumbing job you've had, do you respond by doing it yourself? The auto repairs? The surgery? The people who are turning this work out are trained and/or experienced specialists being paid for it, and I'm not meant to have to do it myself in order to have a satisfactory job done of it."