Add me to the chorus of people who just went, "wow, I love her," when they read this post. *g* I actually was just considering writing a Why I'm Taking a Big Break from Hornblower Fandom post, and it was all about character bashing. I still might. Sometimes, I just hit that maximum tolerance level for listening to characters I love get called names, and I feel like a horse driven to kick down its own stall, you know?
I will never, ever like the perfect characters - cause they pull me out of the fantasy. So I want to bash Lana - and it pains me, because there is just no way to really enjoy a show when a character that pulls you out of the verse is the predominant focus. It makes it hard to watch.
You know, what upsets me is when someone has a huge problem with one of the main characters of the show -- and yet they cannot resolve their own issues with that character, and they will not leave the fandom, and they cannot keep their feelings to themselves. Me, I'm physically incapable of being a fan of a show where I hate one of the main characters. It just can't happen. If I find myself hating one of the stars, the fannish love affair is as good as over. What I find hard to deal with is that this doesn't seem to be true for most people. And I really don't understand it when the character they hate is the main character of the show. Buffy. Angel. Clark. Horatio. Duncan. Jim Kirk. GO FIND ANOTHER SHOW, I want to say to them. Your hatred is ugly, and you're getting it on me.
Sigh. I totally empathize with the Lana thing, though. There was a character on Jeremiah last season who could have been Lana's twin sister in many ways. I didn't hate her, but she sure did grate on me, and you should have seen me do the dance of glee when she died. I don't think it's coincidence that I became seriously fannish about the show once she was gone. Anyway. I'm ranting. Horse kicking down stall. Why can everyone not be as cool as you? Oh yeah, because the earth would a splode. :-D
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Date: 2004-01-22 07:45 pm (UTC)I will never, ever like the perfect characters - cause they pull me out of the fantasy. So I want to bash Lana - and it pains me, because there is just no way to really enjoy a show when a character that pulls you out of the verse is the predominant focus. It makes it hard to watch.
You know, what upsets me is when someone has a huge problem with one of the main characters of the show -- and yet they cannot resolve their own issues with that character, and they will not leave the fandom, and they cannot keep their feelings to themselves. Me, I'm physically incapable of being a fan of a show where I hate one of the main characters. It just can't happen. If I find myself hating one of the stars, the fannish love affair is as good as over. What I find hard to deal with is that this doesn't seem to be true for most people. And I really don't understand it when the character they hate is the main character of the show. Buffy. Angel. Clark. Horatio. Duncan. Jim Kirk. GO FIND ANOTHER SHOW, I want to say to them. Your hatred is ugly, and you're getting it on me.
Sigh. I totally empathize with the Lana thing, though. There was a character on Jeremiah last season who could have been Lana's twin sister in many ways. I didn't hate her, but she sure did grate on me, and you should have seen me do the dance of glee when she died. I don't think it's coincidence that I became seriously fannish about the show once she was gone. Anyway. I'm ranting. Horse kicking down stall. Why can everyone not be as cool as you? Oh yeah, because the earth would a splode. :-D