There's getting a dialogue open but there's also going into someone else's lj when they're gushing over something and deliberately raining on their parade.
There's a difference between posts that are obvious requests for a dialogue and discussion on the merits of a certain plotline or season or show and then there's posts that are just as obviously someone gushing about something they love and that they just want to bask in. Tearing down the subject of the latter kind of post is at the very least rude, if not deliberately baiting.
A person should be able to post a squee about a fannish love without opening themself for a "dialogue" about whether or not their fannish love deserves their affection.
And sisabet, you're right -- there's no other television show that has been like Buffy. There's very few shows of any length that I would put in the same category of quality and originality and there's things I love about every season, even when there's things I wish they hadn't done/had done differently.
I get tired of all the negativity as well; I've never understood why some fans aren't happy unless they're picking apart whatever it is they profess to love. I'm all for critical discussions but every now and then you just want to squee and go "isn't this show amazing?" without everyone coming in and pointing out every perceived flaw, real or imagined.
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There's a difference between posts that are obvious requests for a dialogue and discussion on the merits of a certain plotline or season or show and then there's posts that are just as obviously someone gushing about something they love and that they just want to bask in. Tearing down the subject of the latter kind of post is at the very least rude, if not deliberately baiting.
A person should be able to post a squee about a fannish love without opening themself for a "dialogue" about whether or not their fannish love deserves their affection.
And sisabet, you're right -- there's no other television show that has been like Buffy. There's very few shows of any length that I would put in the same category of quality and originality and there's things I love about every season, even when there's things I wish they hadn't done/had done differently.
I get tired of all the negativity as well; I've never understood why some fans aren't happy unless they're picking apart whatever it is they profess to love. I'm all for critical discussions but every now and then you just want to squee and go "isn't this show amazing?" without everyone coming in and pointing out every perceived flaw, real or imagined.
Long live the squees. ;)