Hi. I'm coming from supernatural_tv, but I really enjoyed this meta.
I, for one, started reading spoilers back when I was hopelessly addicted to Grey's Anatomy and I needed to know if Meredith and Derek were EVER going to get together. It's not that I wasn't enjoying the immense pain the characters were in, nor was I finding the journey to their inevitable realization of love enjoyable, but I just needed to know that the headache and heartache each episode left me with was worth it. I needed to know that somehow, the journey had a happy destination.
In terms of Supernatural, I believe my spoiler addiction is purely because I enjoy the spoilers now. I am one of those people who reads the ending first, but a sad ending doesn't stop me from reading. Knowing Sammy was going to die in AHBL didn't stop me from sobbing or screaming No! when it did happen. I knew it was going to happen, it only made me more nervous for the episode.
I'm a writer myself and am working on breaking into the TV business and I actually am not bothered at all about the idea of fans one day needing to know what happens on my future show. I think I'd be like Kripke and release spoilers on my own. Spoilers, I think, make people want more. Or at least, that's my running theory.
I, for one, started reading spoilers back when I was hopelessly addicted to Grey's Anatomy and I needed to know if Meredith and Derek were EVER going to get together. It's not that I wasn't enjoying the immense pain the characters were in, nor was I finding the journey to their inevitable realization of love enjoyable, but I just needed to know that the headache and heartache each episode left me with was worth it. I needed to know that somehow, the journey had a happy destination.
In terms of Supernatural, I believe my spoiler addiction is purely because I enjoy the spoilers now. I am one of those people who reads the ending first, but a sad ending doesn't stop me from reading. Knowing Sammy was going to die in AHBL didn't stop me from sobbing or screaming No! when it did happen. I knew it was going to happen, it only made me more nervous for the episode.
I'm a writer myself and am working on breaking into the TV business and I actually am not bothered at all about the idea of fans one day needing to know what happens on my future show. I think I'd be like Kripke and release spoilers on my own. Spoilers, I think, make people want more. Or at least, that's my running theory.
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Thanks for coming by, and very glad you enjoyed the show!
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