Gene vs. Sam, and the ending of LOM

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I'm not posting this anywhere within the fandom - TRA or lifein1973 or even the dissident haven of jumping_off - because I feel I've made myself unpopular enough. I mean, I'm cool with not being universally liked, but I'd like to avoid being universally hated. *g*

But, I have to ask/wonder...

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In series 1 I identified with Sam. I experienced the show through him. Series 2 felt completely different to me. Sam even was unlikeable to me in several situations. Sure, he made mistakes in series 1, but Sam had a good intentions and reasons to think that he'd made the right decision.

All things considered, it makes sense that people focus on Gene instead of Sam in series 2. Gene's more consistant (Personally, I thought he'd turned too much into a caricature, but I still liked him).

I admire you for still loving the show so much. I love series 1, but if I had a choice, I would have preferred if the series had ended at the end of series 1. Series 2 felt like a completely different show to me. A show that I wouldn't have fallen in love with, actually. It's not bad, but it's just not great, y'know? Just my humble opinion. And that's why I avoid TRA and other comms because I don't wanna be the one who ruins the parade.

It's funny, but all this reminds me of series 2 of The Lakes. In comparion with series 1 it sucks, but at least it's fun to watch because you can't take it seriously any more. If you know what I mean...

Love, fannish love, ...

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has very little to do with quality, in my case. If a show or a character have me, well, they have me. (And whether they get me in the first place depends largely on the frequency with which they push certain buttons of mine.) I don't fall out of fannish love easily, although I may get disenchanted, as I did in the case of LOM. What I do now is standard procedure for loving stuff that is a bit broken: I'm trying to fix it, find ways to make it make sense for myself, so I can continue loving it somehow.

That's just how my fannishness works. It's not even a conscious choice or anything.

Character consistency

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Actually, I didn't think Sam was inconsistent in series two - except for the last episode, that is. But then, I've only watched series two once so far, so maybe I'll notice it the next time.

And I find it a bit sad that you're leaving the field to the happy people... why should that be the only voices that deserve to be heard in the fandom?

Then again, if you really don't care much anymore, there really isn't much need to discuss anything, I suppose.

One more thing...

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(sheesh, my brain's just not up to scratch today...)

I don't get the impression that character consistency has anything to do with people preferring Gene to Sam. It's mostly about the fun (and the sex appeal, apparently), as it has been from day one.

(And I actually happen to think it was *Gene* who was portrayed a bit inconsistently in series two - he really wavered a lot between being totally horrible and being almost civilised...)