This is the main thing that sucks about being a relative newbie in the fandom - I only started watching as s4 was ending.
I just wish that sometimes I could discuss episodes in a more general way. I love the focus on House/Cuddy, but although they are my main 'ship, that's never been all that the show is about for me. The major comms result in a bitchfest whenever you say anything more profound than OMG SQUEE and it's disheartening to see 4 pages of comments with people arguing about how they're disappointed by hypothetical sex before it even happens. Meanwhile, the show is being artful and the writing is deepening the complexity of these amazing and difficult relationships, chat about which seems to get lost in the ether.
I've even noticed a discriminatory vibe in the actor/actress fandoms, you have to be either a Hugh fan or a Lisa fan. God forbid you mention Lisa in a post about Hugh or vice versa. Now, I may be in love with Lisa but that doesn't mean I'm not totally bowled over by Hugh as an actor and personality. It's just creeping in everywhere and I'm tired of having to 'pick sides' just to have a conversation. What happened to a plurality of ideas?
Also, I am a snob and a bad person because when I read those 'entitlement' posts about how and when House & Cuddy MUST DO IT OR ELSE, it's always like, the lamest idea ever. Bwahaha.
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Date: 2009-04-17 03:26 pm (UTC)I just wish that sometimes I could discuss episodes in a more general way. I love the focus on House/Cuddy, but although they are my main 'ship, that's never been all that the show is about for me. The major comms result in a bitchfest whenever you say anything more profound than OMG SQUEE and it's disheartening to see 4 pages of comments with people arguing about how they're disappointed by hypothetical sex before it even happens. Meanwhile, the show is being artful and the writing is deepening the complexity of these amazing and difficult relationships, chat about which seems to get lost in the ether.
I've even noticed a discriminatory vibe in the actor/actress fandoms, you have to be either a Hugh fan or a Lisa fan. God forbid you mention Lisa in a post about Hugh or vice versa. Now, I may be in love with Lisa but that doesn't mean I'm not totally bowled over by Hugh as an actor and personality. It's just creeping in everywhere and I'm tired of having to 'pick sides' just to have a conversation. What happened to a plurality of ideas?
Also, I am a snob and a bad person because when I read those 'entitlement' posts about how and when House & Cuddy MUST DO IT OR ELSE, it's always like, the lamest idea ever. Bwahaha.