I don't get it...
Apr. 20th, 2011 04:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katikatSeriously, peeps, I don't get it.
You know the spoiler that I posted today? There's a link to Ausiello's column under the cut and, because I'm too curious for my own good, I went and read the comments that various people who call themselves SPN fans posted.
Oh my, the vitriol! I mean, the only character that I ever hated on SPN was Bela and not because she was a woman but because she was a poorly designed character who had been planned for one ep only or recurring at the most, definitely not regular, she was forced on them by the network, so the writers floundered with her and in their attempts to shoe-horn her in made her simply awful. And I freely admit that I sang and danced when I found out she would bite the dust! ETA: And I said, back then, that if they had kept Bela, I would've dropped the show, I wouldn't have kept on watching just to hate and complain.
But what's with this hatred towards Sam and Castiel? I don't get it! I mean, Castiel has been barely there this season. What's there to hate? And Sam? Why do people hate Sam Winchester? And why do people still watch the show when they hate one of the lead characters?
I'm what you would call a Dean!girl. I look forward to his storylines and I look for fics that center around him. But I adore, positively adore both Sam and Castiel. Would I like to see a Dean centric arc? Of course! Does that mean I'm enjoying the current storyline, both Sam's and Castiel's, less? Heck NO!
What's wrong with people who call themselves fans yet spew poison and call each other names? I always feel... dirty when I read comments like that which is why I pulled back from the SPN fandom in general and de-friended all comms. It's... distressing, disappointing and sad... :(
You know the spoiler that I posted today? There's a link to Ausiello's column under the cut and, because I'm too curious for my own good, I went and read the comments that various people who call themselves SPN fans posted.
Oh my, the vitriol! I mean, the only character that I ever hated on SPN was Bela and not because she was a woman but because she was a poorly designed character who had been planned for one ep only or recurring at the most, definitely not regular, she was forced on them by the network, so the writers floundered with her and in their attempts to shoe-horn her in made her simply awful. And I freely admit that I sang and danced when I found out she would bite the dust! ETA: And I said, back then, that if they had kept Bela, I would've dropped the show, I wouldn't have kept on watching just to hate and complain.
But what's with this hatred towards Sam and Castiel? I don't get it! I mean, Castiel has been barely there this season. What's there to hate? And Sam? Why do people hate Sam Winchester? And why do people still watch the show when they hate one of the lead characters?
I'm what you would call a Dean!girl. I look forward to his storylines and I look for fics that center around him. But I adore, positively adore both Sam and Castiel. Would I like to see a Dean centric arc? Of course! Does that mean I'm enjoying the current storyline, both Sam's and Castiel's, less? Heck NO!
What's wrong with people who call themselves fans yet spew poison and call each other names? I always feel... dirty when I read comments like that which is why I pulled back from the SPN fandom in general and de-friended all comms. It's... distressing, disappointing and sad... :(
