The Life of a Spoiler-phobe

[flaming_muse]

I make no apologies for being spoilerphobic for shows about which I am extremely passionate. Don't get me wrong; I want to know everything about what is going to happen, but I'm going to be happiest by a huge order of magnitude if I don't until it appears on my screen. I need to react to canon, not speculation or little bits of incomplete

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[junkshop_disco]

One of my only ever toys-out-the-pram spoiler rages was in Glee fandom where someone posted a really, really spoilery gif outside a cut just after the ep aired and I (being in another country and all) hadn't even had the chance to fire up a search yet. I thought/hoped that could never be topped, but recently one of my favourite shows came back. I'd spent the last maybe four months in spoiler blackout (no related Twitters, avoid the offical blog, shout LALALALALA when anyone's talking about it), and the day before the ep aired I was queing in the supermarket, and BAM. HUGE MFING SPOILER ON THE FRONT COVER OF A MAGAZINE AT THE CHECKOUT. And I do mean huge spoiler, as in 'oh, btw, your favourite character dies'-type magnitude on the spoiler scale. They probably felt my silent, impotent rage in space.

I think that's why spoilers are so awful: they make you so very, very angry... but there's nothing you can really do once it's happened.

[flaming_muse]

Oh, goodness. HOW AWFUL! I'm so sorry. That's just so upsetting!

It's hard enough avoiding spoilers when I watch Glee on the night it airs during its first showing on the east coast of the US; I can only imagine how much harder it is when outside of the country!

My mother spoiled me for something on Glee while I was visiting them with the museling the other week. MY OWN MOTHER. Even as I was waving my hands at her to stop talking. She doesn't even watch the show; she just knows I like it and had read something in the newspaper about a guest star coming up.

[junkshop_disco]

Aw, man. When even your mother is at it, where do you even go to hide?!

IDK if it's my imagination, but spoilers seem to becoming far more prevalent in every day life. I remember when no court in the land would have convicted you for murder if you took an awe to someone who'd spoiled you for The Sixth Sense because it was that big a deal to do it, but these days spoilers just seem to be everywhere. I've even had a 'WTF?! SPOILERS!!!' moment watching the trailer for a movie. Dear Everyone, some of still like to be surprised.

[flaming_muse]

Remember when... god, what was that movie? The Crying Game! Remember when that came out? Like The Sixth Sense, if you mentioned the twist it was this huge thing! Now everybody would go into Citizen Kane knowing what Rosebud is.

Spoilers are like toothpaste; once they're out (in your brain), you can't put them back in.

[law_of_tarts]

Sing it, sister. I've seriously cut back on what I read both on LJ and I only visit Tumblrs of people that I know are not in the Glee fandom. Kurt_Blaine is getting better about spoiler warnings, but it is still a risk. Sometimes it's hard to avoid spoilers though when they pop up in a place you weren't expecting. Over the Christmas holidays, Jane Lynch was on Regis & Kelly and let slip the outcome of the congressional election as bold as you please. I shouted at the TV for a solid minute afterwards.

[flaming_muse]

Ugh!

I had that with an interview I watched of Darren about being on Broadway, and the presenter at the end mentioned something about what he was singing in the Michael Jackson episode... to which I said to my screen "I didn't even know there was a Michael Jackson episode."

[slrcosmos]

Heck even when the article isn't about Glee, you can be spoiled for it. I don't mind spoilers (often flip to the back of a book before starting or right after starting) but I know many people don't. I read an article about an actor on a completely different topic and at the bottom it mentioned Glee. I didn't see that coming, so I feel for you.

[flaming_muse]

Yes! I had that in an interview with Darren about Broadway where they spoiled me at the end of about the MJ episode and what Darren would be singing, and I hadn't even known there would be an MJ episode. Thanks, internet!

[flaming_muse]

:( I am so sad about the things you were spoiled for. :(

Good luck staying clear and free! Only one more episode here until hiatus again, so at least there should be a little break in new stuff to avoid.

[kita0610]

Tumblr is all spoilers all the time for all fandoms. I have no idea how anyone hangs out there if they're in an active fandom.

[stoney321]

I blacklisted the tag "spoiler" and deleted all tumblrs that didn't tag.

[flaming_muse]

And I bet you still get spoiled! *smooch*

[flaming_muse]

It's crazy. But I guess spoilers are okay for most people.