The week has definately dragged! I think everyone is scared of spoilers since the hug-that-never-was. I know I keep looking for them but if I hear anything they don’t do as much for me anymore – I don’t feel like I can trust anything that comes out anymore. I feel like A and E want it that way – I guess I can’t blame them. I also think things have also dragged because it seems like we have lost half our ship. Where did everyone go?? I miss everyone. It seems like there isn’t anyone writing novels about the tiniest little details of the previous episode. What happened?? I know the chat for the first episode back wasn’t the most pleasant but if anyone is lurking out there (huuulllooo???) I have been chatting quite a bit lately and it has been EXTREMELY friendly – seriously – I haven’t felt uncomfortable at all. Everyone has been very friendly to everyone in the chat and everyone has been very open to listening to everyone’s theories. No one has been hitting anyone over the head with theories that make Hook (or any other shipped character) out to be a bad guy. Stelio (um, Killian) has been doing a great job of getting everyone to be supportive of ALL the ships in the March Madness contest – and I think it has helped to make people more supportive of the show in general, not just individual ships – which has really helped the chat (Thanks Stelio Killian Kontos Jones!) So if you are lurking come out and play – “Do you want to build a snow man?”
Good points. I agree, if you are lurking, come say Hi- we wont bite, promise 🙂
I guess another thing is with all the hate that has gone on, it has tainted the show somewhat for many people (I know it has for me- dont get me wrong, I still love the show & our ship, but I’m not as vested in the fandom as I once was) & I guess having so much hate thrown about during the break, made many fans realize they had become overly invested in fictional characters, with feeling like you had to defend so & so, over & over again. So I can see how many fans would feel like they needed to take a step back from it all- when it’s great when it’s friggn awesome, but seriously bad when its bad.
I guess there’s also the spoiler of doom to take into consideration as well (I know I’ll be relieved when it’s over & done with & we just have the wedding to look forward to instead), not to mention as you say, not being able to trust the spoilers now (that was fairly cruel to not say ‘hey guys, just because something is filmed, doesn’t mean it will necessarily make the cut’ or something), but I guess it’s the nature of spoilers- you win some & you lose some 😉