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ratherastory) wrote2012-11-12 10:25 am
ratherastory) wrote2012-11-12 10:25 am
Season 8 non-thoughts
I have lots and lots of thoughts about Season 8. The problem is that I'm a little too anxious to post them here or anywhere else, because it feels like all I've seen online lately is people getting more firmly entrenched in a pro-$brother position. As though somehow one brother has to be unconditionally right and the other unconditionally wrong. A lot of it is anti-Sam, which hurts my little Sam!girl heart, but I've seen enough anti-Dean commentary to make my stomach hurty as well. :P In fact, it's making me actively avoid any meta/commentary posts even by people I normally trust, because I can't trust that the comments won't be full of vitriol, and I'm worried that even these lovely, sane people might somehow fall down the same rabbit hole and then I would be sad. (No, it's not rational, whatever.)
I hope I can safely say that it isn't about who's right and who's wrong. Both boys have been very badly damaged/hurt by what happened, and they're each coping in their own way. They're both entitled to their feelings, and they're both right and wrong. That's always been the strength of the show: that every character has their reasons for what they're doing, and while we may disagree with the choices they make (and for the record, mistakes are choices by definition, otherwise they'd be accidents), we can understand where they're coming from and why they're acting the way they are.
Also, it feels like it's frowned upon to not have strong feelings about the season. You're supposed to love it or hate it, but you're not allowed to like some parts and not others. God forbid I enjoy the show but at a lesser level of involvement than I used to feel.
In short, I don't think I can post my thoughts without having to put in several thousand caveats first, and that is sucking the fun out of it.
FML. People, PLEASE don't post comments in here about how Show is "clearly" favouring one brother over another. You are PROVING MY POINT about why I am reluctant to post anything or even click on meta links. Take it to your own journals! Please and thank you.
I hope I can safely say that it isn't about who's right and who's wrong. Both boys have been very badly damaged/hurt by what happened, and they're each coping in their own way. They're both entitled to their feelings, and they're both right and wrong. That's always been the strength of the show: that every character has their reasons for what they're doing, and while we may disagree with the choices they make (and for the record, mistakes are choices by definition, otherwise they'd be accidents), we can understand where they're coming from and why they're acting the way they are.
Also, it feels like it's frowned upon to not have strong feelings about the season. You're supposed to love it or hate it, but you're not allowed to like some parts and not others. God forbid I enjoy the show but at a lesser level of involvement than I used to feel.
In short, I don't think I can post my thoughts without having to put in several thousand caveats first, and that is sucking the fun out of it.
FML. People, PLEASE don't post comments in here about how Show is "clearly" favouring one brother over another. You are PROVING MY POINT about why I am reluctant to post anything or even click on meta links. Take it to your own journals! Please and thank you.
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THIS, so very, very much. I'll be honest, I've given up on the fangirls who insist on hating/blaming one brother or another. Yup, the guys are going through rough waters this season. As you said above, they're BOTH right. And BOTH wrong. They need to work things out, is all. And I'm positive that they will.
*joins in with the agreement chorus on Ash48's awesome meta*
You're right in that all it takes is one negative comment to wreck any and all good feels you may get from a post, but . . . why let one idiot have such control? Ignore 'em and move on. And if, after they know your stance on certain subjects, they continue to act an idiot, defriend. And move on. Life's too short.
In short, I don't think I can post my thoughts without having to put in several thousand caveats first, and that is sucking the fun out of it.
Oh, no, bb . . . I hate that you feel this way. It's your journal and you can say whatever you damn well please. WITHOUT adding a bunch of caveats. Haters to the left. And personally, I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on the season, good, bad, or indifferent.
p.s. Feel free to drop in at my LJ anytime. Brother hate is not tolerated, and the idiot quotient of my flist is very, VERY low. :)
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My entries are public, and I attracted a fair number of people who read mostly for my fic. I'm not friends with all of them (I wouldn't have time to read all those entries, OMG), but it does mean anyone can comment at any time. So that means I'm wide open for wank on anything I post.
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Oops. I didn't realize. (I restrict everything that's not art to friends, so I guess I've been leading a rather sheltered LJ life.) But I now get why you don't wish to post or read, and support your decision to do so. :)
I'm just sorry that things have gotten bad enough to bring you to this point. D: May things improve soon. I really would like to know your opinion on S8 . . . one day.