I've just stumbled across this from randomly late-night searching, but I am glad I did because I absolutely agree with you. This controversy and ranting in fandom about the gender/race issues is going completely over my head, and I'm just frowning in confusion over what everyone is so pissed about.
I watch Supernatural (or any of my shows) simply for the entertainment value, to be enthralled with the characters and captivated by the storylines and plots. I don't go looking for things to nitpick and it's ridiculous that fandom will sometimes overreact to the simplest things that, in their mind, they think is the writer/creator's agenda or personal propaganda or whatever. Like you said, to them it's there because they see what they want to see, but sometimes I wonder if they're just seeing it because they think it's there or because they want to think it's there. Does that make sense? I don't know, but for me it's mainly looking for something where there's nothing to begin with, just to make noise about it. There might be something there they'll see, but it'll be blow way out of porportion than what was intended.
And it's not just SPN, lately I've seen other fandoms make noise over the same issues regarding the portrayal or gender roles or race in shows. Personally, I just don't see what the big fuss is about. Then again, it's all about personal perception. Though people tend to get too riled up over it when really, they should just let it go.
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Date: 2008-02-23 10:57 am (UTC)I watch Supernatural (or any of my shows) simply for the entertainment value, to be enthralled with the characters and captivated by the storylines and plots. I don't go looking for things to nitpick and it's ridiculous that fandom will sometimes overreact to the simplest things that, in their mind, they think is the writer/creator's agenda or personal propaganda or whatever. Like you said, to them it's there because they see what they want to see, but sometimes I wonder if they're just seeing it because they think it's there or because they want to think it's there. Does that make sense? I don't know, but for me it's mainly looking for something where there's nothing to begin with, just to make noise about it. There might be something there they'll see, but it'll be blow way out of porportion than what was intended.
And it's not just SPN, lately I've seen other fandoms make noise over the same issues regarding the portrayal or gender roles or race in shows. Personally, I just don't see what the big fuss is about. Then again, it's all about personal perception. Though people tend to get too riled up over it when really, they should just let it go.