H50 ep 3.20: I'm out.

[verasteine]

This won't be a great surprise to most, but for now, I'm done with this show. I don't know if I'll come back to it or not, whether I'll watch the end of the season some other time, but for now, I have to quit watching something that is just making me unhappy

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[embroiderama]

*hugs* I'm sorry, I know it sucks to have a show you love go in a direction you can't get into. I still wish that--many, many years ago--I had quit watching X-Files when it became clear that Mulder/Scully was happening in canon because it would've saved me a lot of anger.

[verasteine]

Yeah, it happened to me before and I know the heartache of sticking with it and hoping that it'll change, and I'm not doing that again.

[finduilas_clln]

I completely agree with everything you said. You basically put my feelings into exact words. I don't think it makes you sexist at all though.

So yeah, just want to let you know you're not alone in this. I feel the same way, and I know lots of others who do too. I'm very sad about this, because we all loved this show so much.

[verasteine]

Thanks. It's frequently debated whether it's sexism, but I don't know. I don't think I have the answer.

You're not the only one to say it, but I appreciate it nonetheless. I'm sad about it too, I really love this show, I just can't any more.

[finduilas_clln]

(Sorry for the horribly late answer, I've had a RL tragedy to deal with, so...)

Yes, understand completely what you mean. I've decided to step out of fandom too. It was a long time coming, I guess. But between the show putting more and more focus on aspects I don't like, and less and less on the characters that I do love; and the unbelievable rudeness of certain cast and crew on Twitter, I just can't anymore either. And it sucks, because they once had such a wonderful thing, and I feel like they don't even realize what they've thrown away.

But yeah, I get no pleasure out of it anymore. All the show and the fandom does is make me want to tear my hair out. I have the last episode DL-ed but haven't been able to bring myself to watch.

[verasteine]

(I'm so sorry to hear that!)

It's really strange, because I love all the stuff up to about a month and a half ago, and I don't want to leave that, but I can't love what it has become so quickly.

I watched 3.20, and man, even the writing of that ep is just bad. I don't know any more.

[verasteine]

Hey, I've been in crazy fandoms, I know how it is. And I know that sometimes you have to get out, no matter how much you wish you could stay. Sadly I'm there.

I'll definitely miss the show. As it was, in any case.

I'll be around! I'll just be talking about other things :) *hugs* appreciated.

[superbadgirl]

I have no idea what happened insult-wise, but this makes me sad. I still find lots to love with the show (despite the increasing need to work around the suddenly fated Steve/Cath - I mean, what is that even?) and I wish you did too, but I've fallen out of love with shows before and I know how it goes. :(

[verasteine]

There was some disturbing BTS twitter bullshit involving Borth and later Lenkov. Definitely felt insulted and unloved by that simply for daring to voice an opinion, and very unwelcome.

Stupidly, I like Steve too much. If it were Danny who had a fated love that came out of nowhere, I could deal with it much better than it being Steve. I can't stand that every other ep has to have her draped all over him like a fated love (good choice of words, and bizarrely, until three months ago, they weren't like that at all. WTF.) Without her, I'd be back.

[superbadgirl]

Hah, I'm the opposite. The whole Rachel thing nearly did me in, and only didn't because I'd only just fallen for the show.

[verasteine]

Yeah, see, and I didn't have a problem with that. I guess it's who you like best.

[anonymous]

I understand completely. I still can't believe how fast this show went somewhere I can't follow. Bye-bye show, I loved you so much. :'(

[verasteine]

Yeah, I feel the same way. Wish it wasn't so :(