One thing you get sometimes, especially in cartoon, science fiction/fantasy and children's entertainment spaces are people who have only encountered one good example of a particular genre and have come to the conclusion that it must have been miscategorized, cus they seem to think being bad/shallow is part of the genre definition?

I've seen this play out with Tolkien a lot, with people quibbling over whether or not he actually counts as a fantasy author, basically because his writing is good and his world-building is solid and like, that's just called being a good fantasy writer.

It occasionally shows up with children's media too and it's especially stark there because "children's media" isn't just a matter of genre, there are specific standards that apply to children's media, you can tell when something was made to be in that category by its vocabulary, reading level and what it can and can't show.

There are some children's shows that definitely feel like they where only grudgingly written to be children's shows cus that's just about the only thing they let you make if you're a western cartoon creator, Gravity Falls comes to mind, but it's still very clearly written in the idiom of a children's show.

@Owlor this also reminds me of the distinction between “genre fiction” and “literature” which always felt like highly distilled academic art-elitism to me