Melodrama

[bop_radar]

If my shows are allowed to have cheap melodrama, why can't I

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[duskwillow]

*hugs*
I'm behind with BSG so I have no idea what went on there.
And I feel like black sheep because I still have hope for SV.
But it's physically painful to see so many people on my flist so utterly hopeless and destroyed the last few days after Requiem. :(
*hugs*

[bop_radar]

Thank you! You are such a sparkly light on my f'list. I am glad you still have hope. I will rebuild myself, I will. But I don't the show will ever be the same to me. I need to find a new way to enjoy it and let go of this disappointment.

[redbrunja]

Would you mind telling my why you're unhappy with BSG? Because I bailed on the show about a season ago, but since it's come back I'll I've heard have been squee.

(I found you via a friend's friend's list, btw.)

[bop_radar]

Sure. I'm in a minority in finding BSG has jumped the shark now. Basically, I feel that RDM has got carried away and is a bit too in love with his own plotting and has lost his grounded character focus. There have been a lot of complicated and implausible plots in Season 4 and a LOT of things where he's basically handwaved and said he expected fans to 'go with him' despite the implausability. Perhaps I'd still be able to do so if the characters I loved were still behaving like the characters I fell for. But Kara in particular has been unfathomable all season. Lee, who is my favourite character, has been imho out of character for the last 4 eps

[redbrunja]

Thank you so much for that.

Honestly, if I were watching this show I have the feeling I'd be agreeing with you, and nothing kills a show like having the 'bad guys' more relatable than the good ones.

And it makes me sad that Kara is no longer being Kara anymore - I remember I was getting really frustrated when I stopped watching because what I loved most about her was that she was damn competent, regardless of how fracked up she was in the head. I'm sorry to hear that they never really got her right again.

[bop_radar]

Yeah... even if the 'bad guys' were still treated as bad guys but caused maybe a flicker of a shift in understanding in the good guys, I'd feel more forgiving. But no.

With Kara, there have been flickers of the character I loved. My best friend is a big Kara fan and I use her as a barometer of when Kara's in character or out--and she bailed on the show this week. Basically Kara's in character only when it's useful for the plot, and even Katee cracked it at one point and said she had no idea what her character motivation was any more. RDM's response? 'That's what makes your performance so wonderful'. Um... I think it's a problem when your lead actress is saying she doesn't understand her character.

[canadiangirl_86]

I'm sorry you're disliking BSG so much. *hugs*

[bop_radar]

Thanks. So am I! ;) God, I wish I could find my fannish joy about it again but everytime it flickers I feel like a big gust of wind comes along and blows it out again. :( I think from now on I'll just STFU about it because writing about it is making me even more upset.

I really miss my show!

[chickadilly]

*hugs*

I don't watch BSG so I can't really comment but ... yeah. SV. *sigh* I understand. I really do.

[bop_radar]

I'm still working on that post on it. It may take all week! ;)

[bofoddity]

I've got burned by fandoms too, and it just never ceases to suck. I've seen only the first two seasons of BSG, wondering from time to time if I should seek out the others too, but the more I hear about them, the more hesitant I get.

[bop_radar]

I'd stay steer clear, at least until the whole series is done and you can get some kind of clear verdict on whether it's worth it. For me it's gone steadily downhill.