I've actually been enjoying laughing at SPN over the last season or two, and going online to read the sporking, at least as much if not more than I loved loving the show.
This, exactly! Fannish involvement can be awesome, but it can also be...tiring? It's more relaxing to watch a show not really caring what happens - to be wanting to see this or that, but not be *desperate* to see it, or feel betrayed when it doesn't happen. To watch TV more like a normal person, I guess? (Except fanning does bring its own rewards; "Tao" or "The Shrine" wouldn't hit me like they did without that fannish involvement! --as a side note, I am interested that "The Shrine" wasn't that big a thing for you...to me, "Tao" was more about physical support, John having to be talked into assisting Rodney by Elizabeth; while in "The Shrine" there was so much emotional support, the team and John being there for Rodney - and Rodney knowing them, and calling for John - it was an advancement in their relationship. Though going beyond that, without getting into those gray areas of relationshipping we've been discussing, that would be difficult...)
I'm hoping I can keep a long-term relationship with SGA, because I do love the fandom so...will have to see. I'll keep reading fic in fandoms years after I mostly drift away (I'll still read Sentinel fic, on occasion!) but I rarely can keep writing it...but hey, any committed relationship takes effort, for SGA I'll try! There are fics I want to write, but whether I'll be able to...yeah, will see. (And heh, my own "Last Man" missing scenes fic is actually one of my favorite things I've written for SGA...)
I hope you're able to stay; I do like discussing it with you, even though we don't see eye to eye on some of it. ^_^
Ahah you mean you're not completely exhausted of me yet? You have a very strong constitution! XD
Deathfic...ahhh, the funny thing is that I love presumed-dead fic, the ones where the dead character miraculously returns - I love that sort of extreme angst, but for some reason it only works for me when it ends happily (and I have trouble with happy endings that end with the characters apart. When it comes to my OTPs, I'm actually more satisfied when both chars die, than if one is left surviving alone...)
When it comes to canon character deaths, I'm...um, I'm iffy. Sometimes they have fantastic impact - like in NCIS, I liked Kate, but the way they handled her death was amazing, some of my favorite stuff in the show, and I love Ziva. So it doesn't bother me that Kate died. But I have trouble re-watching the first two seasons, or reading fic set from when Kate is alive; knowing she dies casts a pall on my fanning. I can't let myself fannishly engage, knowing she doesn't have a future.
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This, exactly! Fannish involvement can be awesome, but it can also be...tiring? It's more relaxing to watch a show not really caring what happens - to be wanting to see this or that, but not be *desperate* to see it, or feel betrayed when it doesn't happen. To watch TV more like a normal person, I guess? (Except fanning does bring its own rewards; "Tao" or "The Shrine" wouldn't hit me like they did without that fannish involvement! --as a side note, I am interested that "The Shrine" wasn't that big a thing for you...to me, "Tao" was more about physical support, John having to be talked into assisting Rodney by Elizabeth; while in "The Shrine" there was so much emotional support, the team and John being there for Rodney - and Rodney knowing them, and calling for John - it was an advancement in their relationship. Though going beyond that, without getting into those gray areas of relationshipping we've been discussing, that would be difficult...)
I'm hoping I can keep a long-term relationship with SGA, because I do love the fandom so...will have to see. I'll keep reading fic in fandoms years after I mostly drift away (I'll still read Sentinel fic, on occasion!) but I rarely can keep writing it...but hey, any committed relationship takes effort, for SGA I'll try! There are fics I want to write, but whether I'll be able to...yeah, will see. (And heh, my own "Last Man" missing scenes fic is actually one of my favorite things I've written for SGA...)
I hope you're able to stay; I do like discussing it with you, even though we don't see eye to eye on some of it. ^_^
Ahah you mean you're not completely exhausted of me yet? You have a very strong constitution! XD
Deathfic...ahhh, the funny thing is that I love presumed-dead fic, the ones where the dead character miraculously returns - I love that sort of extreme angst, but for some reason it only works for me when it ends happily (and I have trouble with happy endings that end with the characters apart. When it comes to my OTPs, I'm actually more satisfied when both chars die, than if one is left surviving alone...)
When it comes to canon character deaths, I'm...um, I'm iffy. Sometimes they have fantastic impact - like in NCIS, I liked Kate, but the way they handled her death was amazing, some of my favorite stuff in the show, and I love Ziva. So it doesn't bother me that Kate died. But I have trouble re-watching the first two seasons, or reading fic set from when Kate is alive; knowing she dies casts a pall on my fanning. I can't let myself fannishly engage, knowing she doesn't have a future.