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I keep seeing a similar refrain to people who criticize OUAT. It goes along the lines of, “Well, if you don’t like it, DON’T WATCH IT!” And granted, I’m not watching the show regularly anymore. But that doesn’t exactly erase the issues us fans are having with it. The problem with this mentality is it assumes that we’re just complainers who can’t enjoy a good thing when it comes along. I find this very generalizing. The reason so many of us are complaining about the show and are upset with the direction isn’t because we hate it, it’s because we love it. It’s because we fell in love with these characters, we got invested in their storylines, we made Storybrooke and the Enchanted Forest our escape from the confines of reality. I could go on and on about the importance of fantasy literature (and television/film) to the popular culture, but I’ll spare you that. Many of us want to be excited about the show. We want to be eager fans, to trust the writers enough to handle the complex storylines they’re throwing at us. The majority of us did that through season 2 and 3. But we got very little follow-through for that. There is a lot in season 2 & 3 that was mishandled, a complete botch up from a writing perspective. Characterization was rushed in favor of a ship. Characters were killed off for no other reason than to “get them out of the way”—this doesn’t just apply to Neal, it applies to Cora as well too. We hop-skipped from one plot to a completely different plot, because the writers were so excited to do Peter Pan, they sloppily left other loose ends hanging. As for me, I’ve been kicking myself about what’s happened to OUAT because I should’ve really seen this coming—I’m familiar with A&E’s work on Lost. The same thing happened with Lost—a complex storyline, engaging characters, twisted plots, a great setup—no follow-through. A&E have big ideas, but have absolutely no idea how to work through them or resolve them satisfactorily. They get distracted by something shiny and move on to different things. Basically, my point is, it’s fine if you’ve enjoyed OUAT thus far and just enjoy sort of mindlessly watching without thinking about it. But please don’t think that we’re criticizing the show because we didn’t get a ship we wanted or we’re just being petty—for some of us, this our frustration is born out of a love for a fantasy world that is no longer an escape.
This post for all the cookies in the world. If people think I’m happy that I won’t be watching OUAT anymore, then they clearly haven’t spent enough time actually talking to me to understand where I’m coming from or WHY I’m giving the show up. Maybe if those people who keep calling anyone who criticizes the show a hater would just stop for a minute and actually LISTEN to some of their criticisms, then they would understand our decisions better and stop calling us names. /end slight rant
And now that I have my latest rant out of the way, good morning fine people! *waves* 😀
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#MoreBOOMLessGloomBest.Picture.Ever. 😀 YAY for Puck and his friend and for the record, my name vote is for Charley. 😉
#MoreBOOMLessGloomOh that one hurts. That poor girl. 🙁
#MoreBOOMLessGloomThings that make RG hurt all over http://abc.go.com/shows/once-upon-a-time/news/storybook/20140612-fathers-day-favorite-dad-moments
I saw that earlier today and it made me hurt too. It’s like ABC can’t get enough of kicking us while we’re down and reminding us not only of the stories we won’t ever get to see be told again, but about how Neal’s still gone for good and will never get to be a father to Henry. 🙁
*HUGS* to everyone. This day sucks. 🙁
#MoreBOOMLessGloomHAPPY FRIDAY Y’ALL!!!!!!!!!!!! *HUGS* 😀
(This postcard is my life this week, LOL)
#MoreBOOMLessGloom*spits on ABC and their calendar and saves her money for the 2015 Chicago Fire and 2015 Reds calendars where they don’t leave important people off of them*
#MoreBOOMLessGloom(6-6-1994 to be exact). Check out my wickedly dorky bangs, LOL
I wasn’t even born at that time yet xD
Ugh, now I feel old again, LOL 😉
That calendar is an absolute disgrace. Freaking ARIEL gets a full page in it and yet they can’t even find a a small, random spot to put RUMPLE’S SON/HENRY’S FATHER??! I can’t help but be very angry/upset about this thing because that is completely ridiculous. ABC must really hate MRJ to not even include him on the front cover of a show he was on for almost two years. *sigh* 😥
Thank God he’s not with that show anymore. Stay far away Mikey!!!! *HUGS* 🙁
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