Yes, exactly! I read an interesting article about that not too long ago (I think it may have been linked on doctorwho, actually), about how people are watching different shows: so one person may be watching The Doctor Loves Rose Show, one person may be watching The Donna Noble Show, and another may be watching The Doctor as Mythic Figure Show. And I understand and sympathize with that! But it just gets silly when you're watching a show that is long-gone - like the people who post to fandomsecrets about how they can't forgive Naruto for killing a pair of gay ninja villains in like the fifth episode, but are still watching it at episode 15 gazillion or whatever it's at now and disliking it because OMG I LOVE MY DEAD GAY EVIL NINJAS. It just seems counterproductive at that point.
And I should probably clarify here, since I didn't do it before, that I'm not advocating just avoiding all criticism, because I think it's frequently valuable and leads to a more nuanced understanding of the show; it's when it turns to nothing BUT criticism that it becomes "well, what are you still doing here?"
And yeah, I've done the same thing with fandoms too...I used to love the early Anita Blake books by Laurell K. Hamilton, which were fun, mildly cheesy paranormal urban fantasies, but around book 10 or so the heroine suddenly started essentially going into heat every twelve hours and having sex with random men (seemingly because the author got a way kinkier sex life with her new hubby), and I got out of that series so fast my head is still spinning.
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Date: 2008-06-09 07:56 pm (UTC)And I should probably clarify here, since I didn't do it before, that I'm not advocating just avoiding all criticism, because I think it's frequently valuable and leads to a more nuanced understanding of the show; it's when it turns to nothing BUT criticism that it becomes "well, what are you still doing here?"
And yeah, I've done the same thing with fandoms too...I used to love the early Anita Blake books by Laurell K. Hamilton, which were fun, mildly cheesy paranormal urban fantasies, but around book 10 or so the heroine suddenly started essentially going into heat every twelve hours and having sex with random men (seemingly because the author got a way kinkier sex life with her new hubby), and I got out of that series so fast my head is still spinning.