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I have thoughts on Doctor Who, but I don't think I'm going to post them, for two main reasons:
1. Although I like this season, the fannish interest just isn't there anymore. I was all into things the first two weeks, but I guess that was more because it was a new Doctor Who season after a two-year drought with nothing but mediocre specials. Then "Victory of the Daleks" sucked and I stopped caring again. Even though I really enjoyed this recent two-parter and have watched it twice already, I just can't muster up the motivation to give the show enough thought to actually write meta on it. Basically, I have vague concerns about this season in that it's pretty much what I always kind of envisioned Doctor Who to be, except that it's missing several key components that make me kind of frowny-face at it. So, you know, pretend I had a whole meta essay talking about that. Because I'm probably not going to write it.
2. I'm really fucking sick of fandom. I have so many issues with the way people are approaching and talking about certain relevant points (how's that for ambiguous), and I truly just want to keep my mouth shut and avoid being called names or told that I'm doing it wrong. I have finally discovered what pisses me off about fandom. Every fandom. Everything, every opinion and reaction, gets completely polarized. You are either for or against something, that's it. Fandom has zero concept of nuance and ambiguity, so no one can ever have honest discussions about certain elements of a show because they're all too busy shutting down conversation by insulting each other, talking in Internet memes instead of actually thinking through what they're saying and what they mean, taking "sides," and policing everyone else's opinions. Maybe that's something everyone already knows and I just came to the realization late, but I do know that I want no part of that. I'll continue watching Doctor Who, but I'm probably not going to talk about it much on here anymore.
1. Although I like this season, the fannish interest just isn't there anymore. I was all into things the first two weeks, but I guess that was more because it was a new Doctor Who season after a two-year drought with nothing but mediocre specials. Then "Victory of the Daleks" sucked and I stopped caring again. Even though I really enjoyed this recent two-parter and have watched it twice already, I just can't muster up the motivation to give the show enough thought to actually write meta on it. Basically, I have vague concerns about this season in that it's pretty much what I always kind of envisioned Doctor Who to be, except that it's missing several key components that make me kind of frowny-face at it. So, you know, pretend I had a whole meta essay talking about that. Because I'm probably not going to write it.
2. I'm really fucking sick of fandom. I have so many issues with the way people are approaching and talking about certain relevant points (how's that for ambiguous), and I truly just want to keep my mouth shut and avoid being called names or told that I'm doing it wrong. I have finally discovered what pisses me off about fandom. Every fandom. Everything, every opinion and reaction, gets completely polarized. You are either for or against something, that's it. Fandom has zero concept of nuance and ambiguity, so no one can ever have honest discussions about certain elements of a show because they're all too busy shutting down conversation by insulting each other, talking in Internet memes instead of actually thinking through what they're saying and what they mean, taking "sides," and policing everyone else's opinions. Maybe that's something everyone already knows and I just came to the realization late, but I do know that I want no part of that. I'll continue watching Doctor Who, but I'm probably not going to talk about it much on here anymore.