Well, I think you know that my take on this is that this show has deteriorated to the degree that it can't actually stand up to kind of analyses that it once could bear (your posts on the sire bond being a perfect example). So, this level of analysis, as well as the stuff you write in general, is like, way more than the can bear.
For once, I am not the only person who thinks this. People agree it's deteriorated, yay. And absolutely everyone has got to agree that your meta is always the best, tight and cogent and thoughtful and lovely. So.. yeah.
I didn't mean to be rude. Obviously you have every right to do this and I enjoy it very much when you do do it. So yeah, I didn't want to come off as dismissive or anything. But yeah, I also think that the reason that people aren't meta-ing this show much any more is because it doesn't stand up to it.
But, see, this is my point. There's a reason why I make disclaimers like this in some posts:
Usual disclaimer: I'm not interested in discussing how the show is not smart enough to do all those things. Author is dead. Or, the show is dead. Whatever.
The reason is that I'm well aware that many people think the show is rubbish now. We talk about it in episode reactions and such. But when I write meta and you tell me something like that, you put me in a very awkward position. I can either agree with you that the show is rubbish and make myself look like an idiot for spending hours analyzing things that aren't worth it, or disagree with you and get into a lengthy and tedious conversation about quality. Which I'm not interested in, because evaluative criticism isn't really my cuppa. So it's beside the point how "objectively" bad the show is, or how many people think it's bad, or how much thought the writers do or do not put in writing. I'm simply not interested, and I don't have to be interested. What I am interested in is analyzing my favorite tv show in my spare time, and I want to be able to do it without feeling self-conscious or uneasy about being laughed at every time I post my thoughts on my own blog.
All I can say is that I didn't mean to put you in an awkward position. And I didn't mean for my original comment (or the one after, tbqh) to be in any way negative.
Well, I think you know that my take on this is that this show has deteriorated to the degree that it can't actually stand up to kind of analyses that it once could bear (your posts on the sire bond being a perfect example). So, this level of analysis, as well as the stuff you write in general, is like, way more than the can bear.
For once, I am not the only person who thinks this. People agree it's deteriorated, yay. And absolutely everyone has got to agree that your meta is always the best, tight and cogent and thoughtful and lovely. So.. yeah.
I didn't mean to be rude. Obviously you have every right to do this and I enjoy it very much when you do do it. So yeah, I didn't want to come off as dismissive or anything. But yeah, I also think that the reason that people aren't meta-ing this show much any more is because it doesn't stand up to it.
Long answer, sorry.
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Usual disclaimer: I'm not interested in discussing how the show is not smart enough to do all those things. Author is dead. Or, the show is dead. Whatever.
The reason is that I'm well aware that many people think the show is rubbish now. We talk about it in episode reactions and such. But when I write meta and you tell me something like that, you put me in a very awkward position. I can either agree with you that the show is rubbish and make myself look like an idiot for spending hours analyzing things that aren't worth it, or disagree with you and get into a lengthy and tedious conversation about quality. Which I'm not interested in, because evaluative criticism isn't really my cuppa. So it's beside the point how "objectively" bad the show is, or how many people think it's bad, or how much thought the writers do or do not put in writing. I'm simply not interested, and I don't have to be interested. What I am interested in is analyzing my favorite tv show in my spare time, and I want to be able to do it without feeling self-conscious or uneasy about being laughed at every time I post my thoughts on my own blog.
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All I can say is that I didn't mean to put you in an awkward position. And I didn't mean for my original comment (or the one after, tbqh) to be in any way negative.
I'm really sorry. That's all I got. Sorry.
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