[ SECRET POST #3634 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3634 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Crown]


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[Fandom: CSI/ Nick Stokes]


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[Matt Smith as Prince Philip in The Crown]


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[Green Lanterns]


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Comments

Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

Do you like to be spoiled or do you avoid spoilers like the plague? Does it really ruin your enjoyment to be spoiled?

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

I avoid spoilers like the plague if I care at all about the Thing, but on the occasions when I *have* been spoiled, it really hasn't ruined my enjoyment at all. Sometimes I'm thoroughly spoiled for everything, and I still have fun. I should remember this more when I'm worrying about spoilers.

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

I definitely do my best to not inadvertently be spoiled, but I don't ever feel like my experience was 'ruined' by a spoiler. I just like going into things as a clean slate, especially if it's something that's intended to create reactions/emotions.

Re: Spoilers

[thedarksideofprocyon]

I go out of my way to avoid spoilers if I'm really invested in the material or there are likely to be Big Plot Twists of the unpredictable variety that I want to go in blind to.

(I am guilty of skipping ahead in books to see if my favorite characters live or die, though.)

Re: Spoilers

[soldatsasha]

Some things I like to avoid spoilers, but they don't ruin things for me at all. I often seek out spoilers just to be sure I'm not investing time or emotional energy into something that'll piss me off later.

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

I definitely want to be spoiled, and it's a little frustrating when I often find people refuse to tell me what's going to happen so it won't "ruin" it for me. Like, I enjoy a story infinitely more if I know what's going to happen, and it's annoying when people insist that their own way of enjoying a story is the same for everyone. I don't spoil others because I respect that some people want to be surprised. I HATE surprises though. In my family, everyone reads the last chapter of the book or looks at the ending of the movie before committing ourselves to it. And I enjoy it so much more. I have never had an experience where I went into something without knowing what was going on that somehow made the experience better. Spoilers all the way. I'm just waiting for the Rogue One spoilers so I can go see the movie.

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

I've got no problem with spoilers. There might be a rare occasion where there might be something I want to avoid spoilers for, but for the most part, I'm fine with them. I've never felt like my enjoyment of a show/movie/book was negatively impacted by them-I can read about what happens, sure, but that's often quite different from actually seeing the scene/storyline/moment play out. Especially since some people who recap big spoiler moments, or talk about big spoiler moments, might not focus on the same aspects of those scenes/storylines/moments that I would focus on (for example, maybe they care more about x character's reaction to a situation while I'm over here curious to see how character y is reacting).

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

It really depends on the show, I prefer people be courteous about it either way so people don't come across spoilers when they aren't looking.

I think in general it's better to go in without being spoiled, but sometimes I pick up on story cues anyway and figure it out.

I like reading and interacting in discussion though so sometimes I'll spoil myself in favor of interaction.

Re: Spoilers

[sarillia]

I'm not sure my enjoyment has ever been ruined by a spoiler. And there have been times when a spoiler actually made watching something more suspenseful. I hear a character dies and every time that character is in trouble I'm thinking "is this it?!"

It doesn't matter to me if I know what's going to happen. I still want the experience of actually watching it.

Re: Spoilers

[kaijinscendre]

Depends on the show or movie. Something like TWD, I don't care. But other shows I care about I avoid spoilers like the plague.

But I rarely get mad about being spoiled.

Re: Spoilers

[diet_poison]

I avoid them if it's something I think I might or know I will finish, which is most things, but if I watch/read/play something a little bit, decide I like it but probably won't be bothered to finish it, I might spoil myself on purpose (like I did with Game of Thrones).

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

The only thing a spoiler ruined for me was a chance for the show in question to make me turn off during broadcast. I never had a spoiler itself ruin something, and more than once they have saved me cash from not going to see a movie that had lying trailers. I would welcome a return to Terminator 2 style trailers which are just flat out honest about the movie and what I will be seeing.

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

I hate spoilers. I like having no idea what's going to happen, and the feeling of being shocked by a plot and the excitement of not knowing what's going to happen.

If it's something I don't care about, I'll check spoilers, or something I know I'm not going to see/play/read/whatever. But for things I am invested in, I will avoid fandom completely to not accidentally see a spoiler.

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

If it's a game I'm looking forward to, I wanna go in blind.

If it's a movie I wanna be spoiled to hell and back.

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

It realllly depends what it is. If I care about it a lot, I'll try to avoid spoilers, but it doesn't ruin it for me by any means. But for a lot of things - especially TV shows - I think I actually enjoy things more with spoilers, because I can enjoy the actual show instead of worrying about what's going to happen.

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

I have absolutely had potentially good movie experiences ruined by spoilers, so I avoid them at all costs. It's the way my brain works - if I know it's coming, I'm not as impacted. It takes me out of the movie (or book or show). If I'm going to enjoy something and be enchanted by a story, I need it to unfold naturally before me so I can get caught up in it. Case in point: Fantastic Beasts. First movie I'd been to in years. I knew nothing about it going in, not even the names of the characters besides Newt. I was absolutely enthralled, got completely lost in the movie and came out happy.

If I'm already disengaged from the movie because I knew what was going to happen, I'm already busy picking it apart for continuity errors and plot holes and I just don't have a good time or ever get involved with it beyond "well I watched it once." This has caused me to get old and crotchety and cynical before my time and I want my sense of wonder and enchantment back, dammit.

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

I like spoilers for certain things. Like if I'm reading a book a friend recommended, I really want them to tell me if anything bad happens so I don't end up crying on the bus and getting weird looks or something. Spoilers don't really wreck my enjoyment of stuff, but whenever someone doesn't mark it and it's something I really want to see (like basically everything that happened on Yuri On Ice after episode seven), I immediately have to go searching for the show or book so I can see how everything plays out for myself.

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

I do have a habit of peeking at the last chapter.

If something looks a bit triggery I'll definitely look at spoilers to see how dark it gets.

Re: Spoilers

[dancingmouse]

I try to avoid spoilers, because I like to be surprised, so I tend to stay on "spoiler free" parts of the Internet.

It doesn't ruin my enjoyment, but I do get kind of angry because when I'm in a spoiler free thread, it's a dick move to posts spoilers.

I do think spoilers have an "expiration date" of sorts. Like, if a piece of media has been out for six or so months, minor spoilers are fine. If it's been out for a year, major ones are fine, because by that time, it's old enough that I should've see it all ready and if I didn't, well that's my fault.

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

It depends on what the thing is, and I'm not sure what exactly determines it. I just know there are some things I enjoy going into with no knowledge of what's going to happen, and some things I enjoy because I know the big twist ending or whatever it is.

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

I don't really care. Getting spoiled for something doesn't diminish the actual emotional impact of the scene in the moment for me if it's done well.

For instance, I knew that a particular character died in a canon I just got through. Didn't stop me from bawling for almost 15 minutes when it actually happened.

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

I actively seek out spoilers, because I have a few triggers that I do NOT want to run into unwarned. I don't think it ruins my enjoyment, and I know that having a panic attack WOULD ruin a movie, and probably my whole day.

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

I don't care for surprises, just give it to me straight. For me suspense comes from the execution anyway.

Re: Spoilers

[(Anonymous)]

I hate spoilers, and they do frequently ruin my enjoyment of a work. I like surprises. I like theorizing about what might happen next. If I already know what's coming, I'm not surprised, and there's no use theorizing because I already know the answers. It sucks a lot of the joy right out of the experience.

I’m generally not too fussed either way.

[(Anonymous)]

I have been accidentally spoiled and I have deliberately spoiled myself, honestly, it is usually a toss-up whether I am a little disappointed because I think I would have enjoyed it a little more unspoiled or thankful because I would have been more upset if unspoiled.

And for things I have been unspoiled for, I have been upset by things I would have liked some warning for or thrilled by the surprise.

I was really happy to be unspoiled for The Sixth Sense, Primal Fear, and The Usual Suspects. I was really unhappy about being unspoiled for the endings of A.I.: Artificial Intelligence and Atonement – I don’t think I would have watched if I had known. I was happy to be spoiled for a character death on Downton Abbey and The Good Wife.