maybe do adjust your set

[themonkeytwin]

Soooooo.

Here's what it is. In the last few weeks, I watched through most of The Walking Dead for the first time. It was mostly idle curiosity, but I did end up finding a great deal more of interest than the incessant complaints about it (which was my only exposure to the show before this) had led me to believe. And though I tried to scribble out

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[fannishliss]

I have a couple of lovely flisters who are really emotionally upset by what's going on on show, and it's actually BOTHERING me. So even though I don't muck about on tumblr, I still see my flisters in emotional distress. Which bothers me, because THIS IS MY SHOW!!! STILL MY SHOW, STILL THE EXACT SAME SHOW I'M SO IN LOVE WITH

[borgmama1of5]

Oh dear, I have a feeling I'm one of those flisters :(

But I'm feeling more understanding of Sam lately...the last two episodes have done a lot for getting me back into the show, although I better get an amazing reconciliation for suffering through all this season's angst :)

[fannishliss]

well you're not alone :)

I do feel for fans who are troubled by developments... but I also am trying to feel my own reactions to Show without undue coloration...

it's all good!

I'm glad to hear the last 2 eps worked for you! :)

hugs!

[themonkeytwin]

To be fair, I felt like your distress was very respectfully expressed. There's a HUGE difference between distress and vitriol. Count me in for being glad the last two eps have helped get things back on course for you!

[borgmama1of5]

I hate when 'fans' start dumping on one or the other of the boys...Disappointment in their behavior, yes, yelling at the TV for them to TALK, for pity's sake...um, that I get...But the hate? No, this is the Sam AND Dean show! And we don't know what the writers are planning, so don't scream until you have the whole picture

[themonkeytwin]

Disappointment in their behavior, yes, yelling at the TV for them to TALK, for pity's sake...um, that I get...

And yet somehow, they always take like a season to get the message, even with all of us yelling. :D

I admit I felt show had lost the brotherly connection that I loved when this season started

I feel like I must be a very fortunate fan, because I have never, ever felt this way. [Edit - CORRECTION: except in the first half of S6. So yeah, I do get your pain.] To me, the connection is always right there in the foreground, whatever form it's currently taking, but I think that also depends on how connection and disconnection is perceived by the viewer. To me, the issue is never of connectedness (again, we probably define that differently), but of personhood and dysfunction and healthy independence. There's a favourite book I've been skimming back through recently, that basically sums up what I feel about their relationship, and the interplay between healthy independence and support:

The problem, however, is that we not only

[tahirire]

Yeah, same here. Also I'm too busy to get sucked into the drama anymore, so that helps me not feel compelled to stick around too closely. I'm still watching though. Of course. :)

TWD is great this season (3), my favorite season yet.

[themonkeytwin]

Hey you! It's nice to see your virtual face.

(You know the weird part? The whole thing kind of makes me love Show just a little bit more. Show is such a bad boy.)

TWD is great this season (3), my favorite season yet.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I got on board at the best possible time for optimum enjoyment. :)