Re: the recent Merlin mini-wank.

[sparklpocalypse]

So, as most of you in the Merlin fandom know, someone contacted the BBC because they were disgusted with an event that happened in 3x04. Unfortunately, I found myself caught in the middle of the mini-wank that resulted both at merlinxarthur and at shapingdestiny [where I swear it felt like I was debating with the same person], because when I'm sick, which I have been for

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[sparklpocalypse]

It seems like once any show gets popular enough, there's someone willing to create the possibility of the network ruining it by complaining to said network about the content of the show. I've seen it happen before, and I've no doubt that it'll happen with other shows in the future. I just... ugh, it's one thing to complain about the show to fandom, but it's quite another to go to the network.

And you described exactly why I heart Merlin and Arthur so much, right there. *points* Thanks for that.

[sparklpocalypse]

The mace incident was, IMO, much worse.

That's what I keep saying. Arthur obviously didn't throw the vambrace with the intention of knocking Merlin unconscious -- Merlin, on the other hand, knocked Arthur's sword out of his hand with no idea what would happen to him when he did, and then he laughed and -- I don't want to get grumpy about the double standard again, especially since a lot of it seems to stem from "Ohhh, poor Colin..."

[sparklpocalypse]

That's what happened to Supernatural for me. Seemed like around the time I lost interest in the show, every episode meant new misogyny wank. No really developed women characters in the episode? The writers are misogynists. Dean calls an evil woman who did something terrible a bitch? Dean's a misogynist. Fans don't like a female character? Those fans are misogynists. Same deal for ethnic minorities, etc., etc. It got to the point where I was just watching the show because I couldn't avoid the weekly wank sessions, and Supernatural is the kind of show where you can't just watch it. So I stopped watching.

[sparklpocalypse]

For me, SPN is one of those shows where you need the fannish interaction to really appreciate it. I tried starting a rewatch of season 1 this summer to see if I could get back into it and failed miserably because I didn't have anyone to gush with, y'know? I think Merlin would be a little easier for me to drop the fandom aspect and keep going, because when I first started out I knew maybe one other person in this entire country who was watching the show.