An alternative perspective

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EDIT: This is a post for people to talk about WHY THEY WILL STILL WATCH. This isn't for people to reinterate sexism, why CBS sucks, etc. Please keep that in consideration!

I want to try something, and I'm sure it might not go over well. Mods...use your powers if you feel it right. But I think we need this here.

There are some of us, while sad AJ is leaving, who aren't going to stop watching the show. We may have thought some of the protests went too far. We may be excited for the change in team chemistry. Basically, we're gonna give it a shot.

We're also afraid that however calm and articulate we are, we'll be seen as flamers or we'll be flamed. I thought this could be the post for those of us who need to get this off our chests. Need to vent in another direction.

Feel free to be anon. I'd urge nobody to slam other fans, just talk about what they hope for season 6, why they aren't going to stop watching, etc. I don't want ANYONE ON ANY SIDE to feel insulted.

Whadda ya think?

EDIT: This is a 'Why I will watch' thread, not yet another place for people to state 'why they won't watch.'

Comments

[britmandelo.livejournal.com]

I do see some storytelling potential in this--one thing I've always wished CM could do was really go there with killing off main characters. If I have to lose a character I love, I want them to really go for it, emotionally. I want a great storyline to come out of this.

I'll be disappointed if it's just one of those silly "oh, moving away, goodbye" tricks. (I think Mandy's departure would have been better if they'd really Gone There with the suicide instead of just playing with it and coping out.)

Ditto the other Doctor Who fan--I can deal with losing and changing characters, if it's done well. These things happen. I signed the petition, and I don't want to lose the girls, but you never know what it can do for the story. It might be awful and I might have to stop watching, but it might end up being great. Rossi was a great addition, and so was Prentiss after Elle pulled her murder stunt. (Another great storyline.)

[asatomuraki.livejournal.com]

I think it would be awesome if they killed her off in some amazing way, but I suspect it will be the Mommy Wants to Stay Home thing. If it is, I hope the writers' bits rot off, are eaten by rabid dogs who then poop out their bits into vats of acid.

I certainly HOPE they have better sense than that, though.

[afteriwake.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of people forget that, that Prentiss wasn't around from the beginning. She was a replacement haracter, and look at how much love she has in the fandom.

[almightyspaz.livejournal.com]

I'm a sick human being, I want death and angst too.

But not Torchwood level angst.

[britmandelo.livejournal.com]

No, let's avoid Torchwood level gut-punching. That was a few too many in a row.

(I like to be twisted about emotionally by a narrative, show or book--sometimes it needs to be a bad feeling, not always a good one, heh.)