Well, my opinion is that both posts here indicate a simple, universal truth - tastes differ. Some like introspection, some don't and there's room for all opinions.
What's boring to one reader is, as LauraA points out, fascinating to another. This applies not just to introspection, but practically every genre and style of fanfic imaginable. Some of us don't like first person pov stories. Some of us don't like children appearing in fanfic.
Some of us don't like deathfic. And the list goes on...
My advice, for what it's worth, would be to read what pleases you and avoid what doesn't. Life is way too short for anything else.
And, as a rider to that -
write what pleases you too. Unless you're getting paid for it and have paymasters to please.
Writing as a hobby should be all about having fun with it.
LabRat
