[ SECRET POST #2312 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2312 ⌋

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Comments

[dimestoresaint]

YAY SVU SECRET!

Ahem. Now that I've gotten that out of the way (sorry, but it's pretty much my only fandom right now and I feel alone in it sometimes): Do you specifically find the lack of Stabler boring, or is it the way the show has changed in general?

I'm curious because so much changed between season 12 and season 13; obviously Stabler leaving was a big deal, but I wonder if the people who don't like SVU 2.0 because he's not there would actually like it any better if he were still around after all the other changes were implemented.

OP

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know exactly. I watch the show on and off and I've found the non-Stabler episodes to be dull in comparison to the ones with him in it. I guess I just liked the interaction between Stabler and Benson. The new characters don't do much for me.

Re: OP

[dimestoresaint]

Thanks for answering! It's something I've been wondering about because yours is definitely not an unpopular opinion from what I've seen.

I do miss the Benson/Stabler chemistry sometimes. I'm torn on the new characters; I love Rollins but Amaro is too much like Stabler-lite for my taste.

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DA (obviously)

I wonder if the people who don't like SVU 2.0 because he's not there would actually like it any better if he were still around after all the other changes were implemented.

I wonder this about myself. I watched mainly for the Benson-Stabler dynamic and was pretty upset when CM didn't renew his contract. I needed a little bit of time before I could watch the new cast and when I was finally ready, I just didn't like the show anymore. And I honestly don't know if it's because of Stabler, the other changes in the show, or a combination of both. I suspect both and I also suspect that I eventually would have been able to handle either one of those things but that all of it at once is too much for me.

[ginainthekingsroad]

I never cared much about Stabler (and categorically cannot ship him and Benson) so am overall enjoying his absence. I like Rollins quite a bit, Amaro's fine, and I adore Barba for making the Order section interesting for first time in a looong time. I just like Raul Esperza in general, so I actually look forward to his scenes and I hope he sticks around.

Still never enough Much though.

[dimestoresaint]

Barba is awesome. He and Rollins are quickly becoming my favorite parts of the show.

I really hate how they've had Munch and Cragen alternating episodes. I want to see them both gdi.

[elephantinegrace]

I know that feel; honestly, Munch is the only reason I watch the show nowadays. And I didn't realize how much I'd miss Stabler until he left. I never shipped Benbler or whatever it's called. But I think Danny Pino is actually doing a really good job. I'll be sad if Amaro leaves.

[truxillogical]

So much yes to Barba! I watch the show while I draw and do other work, and if it's a Barba-heavy episode I get absolutely nothing done because I can't look away from his...I dunno, I'd call it eye-acting? Like he does a lot of flitty, sarcastic glances.

Also, is it just me or does he have way more chemistry with Benson than he should? Like I seriously thought he was the mystery man until was saw his hand on the plane (in a shirt that the deliciously-well-dressed Barba would never wear).

There's not such thing as enough Munch, but I find there's more than there was in the episodes right before CM left. So I'm alright with that. And unlike Lake (sorry, buddy, you were nice and all), I'm not miffed with Rollins for taking Munch's spot by Finn's side because she and Finn are fun times together.

And also, yeah, color me as someone who never shipped Stabler/Benson. I kinda got tired of the ship-teases too. I did appreciate the idea of a man and a woman who were partners and such close friends, but every now and again it just got too...serious? I dunno.