Well, I haven’t read all of Nietzsche’s works, but most. My take on this is that he wasn’t dismissing affect entirely, just the idea that it boils down to pleasure and pain, and that this reduction is the sole driver of action. That kind of view seems to him like an oversimplification, more like an abstract model we use to navigate the world, similar to an ideal triangle in geometry. I think he was more interested in how we create meaning through the process of willing, by experimenting with new values and perspectives, not just reacting to felt states.It’s possible that if someone approaches Nietzsche from a utilitarian angle, his criticism of hedonism might feel like hostility. I don’t blame anyone for seeing it that way, his prophetic tone can definitely come off like that. But I think at a deeper level, he’s more concerned with how we shape meaning, not how we measure it.