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Shows I'm Watching With Enthusiasm
Elementary
This show. THIS SHOW. I vomit rainbows over this show. Which means I live in a constant state of terror that it will fuck up and then I'll get angry and feel betrayed because I drank the Kool-Aid. AKA what happens every time I vomit rainbows over a show. T_______________T I'm so excited, I'm so scared.
Game of Thrones
I rewatched S2 right before S3 premiered and I liked it a lot more the second time around, because I knew everything that was going to happen so I wasn't so desperate about everything and wishing we'd get back to the people I cared about and being angry when Ros is once again taking up precious air time. I'm pretty much all about the ladies when it comes to GoT. Dany is queen of my heart, loooooooove to have more Margaery this season. Poor Cat, fuck you Robb. I'm stansa for Sansa as always. Can't wait for Brienne. I've warmed up a LOT more to Arya now that I can separate the issue I have with her fans from her. So yeah, I am excite.
The Following
This show is so fucking ridiculous, but it hits so many of my most basic shameless narrative kinks. Charming serial killer? Check. FBI agents? Check. Charming serial killer obsessed with FBI agent and toys with him emotionally? Check. Throw in young and pretty FBI agent *____* over senior FBI agent, and it's like, goddamn did they write this show specifically for my loins? But it is SO SO ridiculous. Except I think they're perfectly aware that they're ridiculous, so that's okay. I also love Annie Parisse and wish they'd do more with her.
Person of Interest
Consistently entertaining. The only problem with this show is its fandom, but then again, you can say that for just about every show, so. Loooooooove the introduction of Sam Shaw. Love the slow burn of their arcs. Worried about potential clusterfuck storytelling, because they're always juggling 2348209342309 plot threads at the same time, but so far so good. There have been some disappointing and frustrating shit, but over all, this show still makes me clap with glee.
Nikita (CW)
Well technically, I'm a good chunk of episodes behind, but in that "must hoard the precious" sort of way. Considering its incredibly low ratings, it's a shock that it's lasted so far, and there is perhaps a good chance that this will be Nikita's last season. Which. T___________T This show is so. fucking. good. And I just want to hold onto it for as long as possible, hence the hoarding of episodes and not watching them. But when I watch, it's like af;dsjf;ldjalkfjda;lfjdalkf;jdlakfd
Show I'm Waning in Interest
Arrow
Remember how I was so in love with this show? Yeeeeeeeeeah. :( I didn't ragequit, just kinda faded in interest level. Them casting Colton Haynes was step #1. 50% of my dislike is irrational "I hate his fucking face" which happens sometimes, but the other 50% is genuine dislike. The news of his becoming series regular is barf. I don't love Felicity as much as most of the fandom, so the news of her becoming series regular as well filled me with a distinct lack of joy. More than anything, I find myself getting progressively bored. I get this impression that they don't really know what they're doing with everything, and it fills me with distrust.
I've stopped watching for now, and will most likely marathon it once the season is over. Mostly for Diggle, because Diggle is the best and he really ought to be 75% of the show.
I Am Intrigued, But Also Unsure
Hannibal
Beautifully shot. Disturbingly shot. I am strangely... uncertain about it though, I have to admit. I was pretty excited by the prospect of this show. When I actually watched it... I wasn't bowled over by excitement. I tend to love visceral imagery and strange shit. But I almost feel like this show is too fucking weird even for me? But I can tell it's incredibly well-done, and I hope it stays the path and doesn't compromise.
Like, I love that they got Will Graham being super neuroatypical. I love that they have Lawrence Fishburne for Jack Crawford. I LOVE Mads Mikkelsen. I was really in love with Ed Norton's Will Graham, and was unsure about Hugh Dancy, just because I'm unfamiliar with him, but I like Dancy, I think. Definitely different from Norton's Graham though, which I can appreciate.
Mads is... I'm not sure how I feel yet tbh. The scenes of him cooking and eating are PERFECTION. LOL, I hate that this show is going to put me in a constant state of "that looks yum! ... oh wait." I think my major issue is that for some reason, I have a hard time deciphering what Mads is saying most of the time. I've never had a problem with his accent before, and I've seen him in a number of things. Maybe he's speaking more low than usual, I don't know? It's kinda hampering my enjoyment.
No matter how I feel about it though, I want this show to succeed, much like how I wanted Pushing Daisies to succeed because it was different and fresh and bold and pulls no punches and acts like it expects you to be an intelligent and mature viewer.
I Love You, I Hate You, I Don't Even Know, FML
WWE
I hate wrestling. I love wrestling. It's well documented. Next.
Supernatural
I said before that I wandered away mid-season premiere and was going to come back and power through it after the season's over. The season ain't over yet, but I was intrigued enough by some of the gifsets I saw on Tumblr to start the power through early. Um. IDK? Some of it, I like, when the Winchesters display moderate amounts of emotional maturity, like they actually learned some stuff over the years. But then again, they kinda don't as well. The Sam/Amelia stuff bored me. Skipped them. The Dean/Benny stuff bored me. Skipped them. Castiel was interesting. Crowley is entertaining as always. I'm not over my issues with Sam's hair, but it kinda got tolerable.
Really REALLY tired of Dean's Asian fetish. It was mildly funny the first time, then it's just gross thereafter. All the assholes who try to defend it, fuck you very much.
White Collar
I think I may have really given up? I don't know. I always say that I'll drop shows but then I come crawling back. I legit have ZERO desire to catch up on the last few eps of the season, but then again, I said that about Burn Notice and I powered through a whole season and a half. Then again, my issues with WC are much more... issue-y. I don't even know if it belongs in this category, because there isn't a whole lot of love anymore.
Fuck You I'm Done
Once Upon a Time
For all its flaws, I once LOVED this show. It was about women being awesome and men being fail. And then Hook entered the universe. Then Rumbelle became a thing. And just... I don't have five hours to get into all my problems with this show. There is a 10% chance I may marathon once the season is over, because I love Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, and Josh Dallas. But idk.
Criminal Minds
Hey remember when I REALLY REALLY loved this show? It hurts me to see what this show has become. Everything it once subverted and stood against, it has now become. The deal with Reid's girlfriend? Fuck. You. Very. Much. Fuck the writers. Fuck Matthew Gray Grubler. Fuck this fucking show. I am legit 100000000% done.
Elementary
This show. THIS SHOW. I vomit rainbows over this show. Which means I live in a constant state of terror that it will fuck up and then I'll get angry and feel betrayed because I drank the Kool-Aid. AKA what happens every time I vomit rainbows over a show. T_______________T I'm so excited, I'm so scared.
Game of Thrones
I rewatched S2 right before S3 premiered and I liked it a lot more the second time around, because I knew everything that was going to happen so I wasn't so desperate about everything and wishing we'd get back to the people I cared about and being angry when Ros is once again taking up precious air time. I'm pretty much all about the ladies when it comes to GoT. Dany is queen of my heart, loooooooove to have more Margaery this season. Poor Cat, fuck you Robb. I'm stansa for Sansa as always. Can't wait for Brienne. I've warmed up a LOT more to Arya now that I can separate the issue I have with her fans from her. So yeah, I am excite.
The Following
This show is so fucking ridiculous, but it hits so many of my most basic shameless narrative kinks. Charming serial killer? Check. FBI agents? Check. Charming serial killer obsessed with FBI agent and toys with him emotionally? Check. Throw in young and pretty FBI agent *____* over senior FBI agent, and it's like, goddamn did they write this show specifically for my loins? But it is SO SO ridiculous. Except I think they're perfectly aware that they're ridiculous, so that's okay. I also love Annie Parisse and wish they'd do more with her.
Person of Interest
Consistently entertaining. The only problem with this show is its fandom, but then again, you can say that for just about every show, so. Loooooooove the introduction of Sam Shaw. Love the slow burn of their arcs. Worried about potential clusterfuck storytelling, because they're always juggling 2348209342309 plot threads at the same time, but so far so good. There have been some disappointing and frustrating shit, but over all, this show still makes me clap with glee.
Nikita (CW)
Well technically, I'm a good chunk of episodes behind, but in that "must hoard the precious" sort of way. Considering its incredibly low ratings, it's a shock that it's lasted so far, and there is perhaps a good chance that this will be Nikita's last season. Which. T___________T This show is so. fucking. good. And I just want to hold onto it for as long as possible, hence the hoarding of episodes and not watching them. But when I watch, it's like af;dsjf;ldjalkfjda;lfjdalkf;jdlakfd
Show I'm Waning in Interest
Arrow
Remember how I was so in love with this show? Yeeeeeeeeeah. :( I didn't ragequit, just kinda faded in interest level. Them casting Colton Haynes was step #1. 50% of my dislike is irrational "I hate his fucking face" which happens sometimes, but the other 50% is genuine dislike. The news of his becoming series regular is barf. I don't love Felicity as much as most of the fandom, so the news of her becoming series regular as well filled me with a distinct lack of joy. More than anything, I find myself getting progressively bored. I get this impression that they don't really know what they're doing with everything, and it fills me with distrust.
I've stopped watching for now, and will most likely marathon it once the season is over. Mostly for Diggle, because Diggle is the best and he really ought to be 75% of the show.
I Am Intrigued, But Also Unsure
Hannibal
Beautifully shot. Disturbingly shot. I am strangely... uncertain about it though, I have to admit. I was pretty excited by the prospect of this show. When I actually watched it... I wasn't bowled over by excitement. I tend to love visceral imagery and strange shit. But I almost feel like this show is too fucking weird even for me? But I can tell it's incredibly well-done, and I hope it stays the path and doesn't compromise.
Like, I love that they got Will Graham being super neuroatypical. I love that they have Lawrence Fishburne for Jack Crawford. I LOVE Mads Mikkelsen. I was really in love with Ed Norton's Will Graham, and was unsure about Hugh Dancy, just because I'm unfamiliar with him, but I like Dancy, I think. Definitely different from Norton's Graham though, which I can appreciate.
Mads is... I'm not sure how I feel yet tbh. The scenes of him cooking and eating are PERFECTION. LOL, I hate that this show is going to put me in a constant state of "that looks yum! ... oh wait." I think my major issue is that for some reason, I have a hard time deciphering what Mads is saying most of the time. I've never had a problem with his accent before, and I've seen him in a number of things. Maybe he's speaking more low than usual, I don't know? It's kinda hampering my enjoyment.
No matter how I feel about it though, I want this show to succeed, much like how I wanted Pushing Daisies to succeed because it was different and fresh and bold and pulls no punches and acts like it expects you to be an intelligent and mature viewer.
I Love You, I Hate You, I Don't Even Know, FML
WWE
I hate wrestling. I love wrestling. It's well documented. Next.
Supernatural
I said before that I wandered away mid-season premiere and was going to come back and power through it after the season's over. The season ain't over yet, but I was intrigued enough by some of the gifsets I saw on Tumblr to start the power through early. Um. IDK? Some of it, I like, when the Winchesters display moderate amounts of emotional maturity, like they actually learned some stuff over the years. But then again, they kinda don't as well. The Sam/Amelia stuff bored me. Skipped them. The Dean/Benny stuff bored me. Skipped them. Castiel was interesting. Crowley is entertaining as always. I'm not over my issues with Sam's hair, but it kinda got tolerable.
Really REALLY tired of Dean's Asian fetish. It was mildly funny the first time, then it's just gross thereafter. All the assholes who try to defend it, fuck you very much.
White Collar
I think I may have really given up? I don't know. I always say that I'll drop shows but then I come crawling back. I legit have ZERO desire to catch up on the last few eps of the season, but then again, I said that about Burn Notice and I powered through a whole season and a half. Then again, my issues with WC are much more... issue-y. I don't even know if it belongs in this category, because there isn't a whole lot of love anymore.
Fuck You I'm Done
Once Upon a Time
For all its flaws, I once LOVED this show. It was about women being awesome and men being fail. And then Hook entered the universe. Then Rumbelle became a thing. And just... I don't have five hours to get into all my problems with this show. There is a 10% chance I may marathon once the season is over, because I love Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, and Josh Dallas. But idk.
Criminal Minds
Hey remember when I REALLY REALLY loved this show? It hurts me to see what this show has become. Everything it once subverted and stood against, it has now become. The deal with Reid's girlfriend? Fuck. You. Very. Much. Fuck the writers. Fuck Matthew Gray Grubler. Fuck this fucking show. I am legit 100000000% done.