I succumbed
Mar. 3rd, 2008 04:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katikatI succumbed and read a part - the non-spoilery part that is! - of the interview with Sera Gamble. And then I went through the comments...
The amount of Bela-hate filled me with utter glee. Yes, I decided to give her another chance but not because I wanted to but because Kripke didn't give me a choice. If I want to keep loving the show, I have to simply become immune to the Bela!virus that's slowly but surely eroding the core of the show.
It just shows that the writers aren't willing to listen to the fans anymore. Fans shout "WE HATE BELA!" Writers respond "Yes, you love to hate her *giggle*". Fans yell "NO, WE DON'T LIKE TO HATE HER, WE JUST HATE HER." Writers answer "Yes, you love to hate her and you don't have to shout, we aren't deaf!" Fans go all head/desk. It seems like the writers have a very selective hearing this season.
I really hope that Gamble or Kripke or someone from the staff will go and read the comments! 95% of them demand/ask/beg them to get rid of the character of Bela and they list the same reasons all over again: she doesn't fit, she dumbs the other characters down, she is a Mary Sue - or Bela Sue as they called her, she is visibly shoe-horned into the episodes etc. Even the male viewers don't like her. As one of them said "She's only good to look at, that's all." Many fans said that they simply tune out when she's on-screen, go and do something else or switch the channels. That should be a real warning sign for the writers but obviously, it isn't.
As one of the fans said: Take her off the show and give her her own series called Relic Hunter. Oh wait, nevermind.
It makes me quite depressed that the writers just aren't willing to listen anymore. It's as if they forgot that they write the show for the fans, not just for themselves *shakes head*
The amount of Bela-hate filled me with utter glee. Yes, I decided to give her another chance but not because I wanted to but because Kripke didn't give me a choice. If I want to keep loving the show, I have to simply become immune to the Bela!virus that's slowly but surely eroding the core of the show.
It just shows that the writers aren't willing to listen to the fans anymore. Fans shout "WE HATE BELA!" Writers respond "Yes, you love to hate her *giggle*". Fans yell "NO, WE DON'T LIKE TO HATE HER, WE JUST HATE HER." Writers answer "Yes, you love to hate her and you don't have to shout, we aren't deaf!" Fans go all head/desk. It seems like the writers have a very selective hearing this season.
I really hope that Gamble or Kripke or someone from the staff will go and read the comments! 95% of them demand/ask/beg them to get rid of the character of Bela and they list the same reasons all over again: she doesn't fit, she dumbs the other characters down, she is a Mary Sue - or Bela Sue as they called her, she is visibly shoe-horned into the episodes etc. Even the male viewers don't like her. As one of them said "She's only good to look at, that's all." Many fans said that they simply tune out when she's on-screen, go and do something else or switch the channels. That should be a real warning sign for the writers but obviously, it isn't.
As one of the fans said: Take her off the show and give her her own series called Relic Hunter. Oh wait, nevermind.
It makes me quite depressed that the writers just aren't willing to listen anymore. It's as if they forgot that they write the show for the fans, not just for themselves *shakes head*
