[ SECRET POST #3681 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3681 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Questions About Fandoms And Stuff

[mrs_don_draper]

So I know lots of people who have watched SPN since season one, but say that they absolutely hate it now, but they cannot stop watching it. My question is: why?

I've never had a problem with quitting a show mid-season or mid-run, so I don't really understand setting aside half an hour every week for something you know you will not enjoy.

Re: Questions About Fandoms And Stuff

[philstar22]

Maybe a hope that it will get better? I've had that happen with shows before. I stuck with House way too long because I kept hoping the quality would go back up. Same with Bones.

Re: Questions About Fandoms And Stuff

[kaijinscendre]

For me it was habit. It was just something to watch because I'd been watching it for years.

Re: Questions About Fandoms And Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

You get really invested in the characters and their relationships. What made the show so good in the early seasons is the characters (and especially family dynamics) were written in a really believable, compelling way. So even if the show is a burning garbage heap these days (which it is) a lot of people are so devoted to the characters they keep coming back, to sort of keep an eye on them.

Re: Questions About Fandoms And Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

Easy: They want to ride the hate train, because it's the most popular ride in town and the show *isn't* as good as it used to be, but they still find something redeeming in it. Maybe they still like a character or find an actor hot, but there's SOMETHING they like. But admitting that gets you booted from the train, so it's easier to go on as if you're just transfixed by the SPN wreck.

Re: Questions About Fandoms And Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

I think it's a combination of hoping it could get better, of having a few enjoyable moments that don't counter the negative but still make it worth watching, and the enjoyment of criticism. I know I hate the Hobbit movies but I love all the critical analysis the anti-Hobbit crowd have come up with. I think in that case, a lot of the frustration is that the movies had the building blocks of being great (great cast, great sets, etc.) but it fell short and so it's fun to try to figure out how to fix it.

For SPN, there's also a fandom. You make a lot of friends and your only connection is this show; if you're all hate-watching, you're still in a community. And, for me, I'm a completionist. I don't hate SPN but I have watched other things I stopped liking because I've already sunk a considerable amount of time and investment into the characters and I want to see what happens, even if I don't like it. And, there's also fanfiction, where the show merely gives jumping off points to make it better through writing.

Re: Questions About Fandoms And Stuff

[were_lemur]

I'm not sure I count, because I didn't start watching it until Season 9, when an irl friend dragged me into it, and boy was I confused! So I went back and got caught up.

While I think the first few seasons are the most consistently rewatchable, there are enjoyable episodes in every season, even when the story arc is less than coherent.

I'm invested in Sam and Dean, and my friend and I get together every week and have dinner and watch the show, and I've never had trouble quitting shows I didn't like, but even when there have been a string of episodes where I've ended up shaking my head, at least there have been some enjoyable moments, and my friend and I can try to figure out what the writers were thinking for the rest of it.