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casyawn · 1 year

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in discussing the show and specifically ep 5 the thing that bums me out the most might be how quick people are to assign intentions to the writers.. like 'they didn't think it through', 'they only did x/y/z for the drama' or even 'they don't care about survivors" all get thrown around so easily and often and it makes me really uncomfortable.. i honestly don't feel like that at all? everything about the show feels extremely intentional and i personally think everything that happens in ep 5 feels very carefully constructed and thematically appropriate. but even if i didn't like the episode, idk i feel like it should be enough to just say 'i didn't like it' or 'i didn't agree with that decision'. we're all happy to gush about how invested everyone in the show seems to be, but when it's something we don't like suddenly they don't care? i don't know. i guess i just feel like it's unfair and weirdly judgmental and it makes me sad

#i feel like fandom sometimes has this weirdly entitled relationship with writers where like #we assume that we care more than them and that we understand the material better than them #and i won't deny sometimes that's not a ludicrous assumption to make like i've spent time in the spn fandom believe me i get it #but with shows like supernatural or idk sherlock the writers actively gave us reasons to think that #portraying fans of the show in insulting ways in canon or talking shit about them in interviews and on social media #consistently disappointing the viewers with dropped plots and unresolved story and character arcs etc etc #and i just don't feel like that's been at all the case with the iwtv writers and everyone seems to agree on it until ep 5 is brought up #i also see people saying stuff like 'they made a mistake there but they could still fix it' and gang #again i understand not agreeing with it but i honestly don't believe anyone involved in the show sees it as a mistake #and people expecting them to “fix” it will only end up disappointed and even more resentful of them #idk what i'm on tonight tbh i'm just procrastinating before my date #wish me luck and have a good night #iwtv #my posts

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