I think that often people dislike something, and then go looking for reasons to back up their feelings.
*nods vigorously* This, this. Though the problem sometimes is that it people sometimes just don't like things on instinct, whether for irrational or prejudiced reasons, and however objectively they try to judge things and like things, it will never really align with how anyone else would see it. And people get frustrated, especially when their opinion seems like such a minority and they feel left out, when they're trying to enjoy themselves but just can't, and everyone else doesn't really get it (run-on sentence there, oops). Though it's a totally different story when people are just plain old aggressive.
And i sort of <3 her even more than I otherwise would because she got stuck with such a thankless storyline, you know?
Hee, yeah, I have a love/hate relationship with series 3 (or however you refer to it as ;) because I loved the characters so much but whenever they good moody I got frustrated. But Martha leaving the Doctor to be her own kind of brilliant was just so great on her part because she was so loyal to him but got trodden over so badly. And some people think that that was whiny of her, which is understandable, but while I'm watching I'm just loving it the way I see it.
I think I'm veering off from your points rather wildly. Sorry. But you made me think!
As you said, tangents are good! :D
But having talked about this all over the place, I'll admit that I've never actually taken a peek at one of the discussions that have started all this. I've noticed that people seem to have been 'inspired' by others' posts to voice their own opinion (which perhaps has caused it to escalate the way it has) and people respond very strongly with their own, which has maybe brought out all the antagonism that has kinda put fandom at opposite ends since the beginning of the series? Which is terrible, because Who has always been pretty civil - I saw a debate earlier on which ended with one person saying that it was just one of the things that was preferential and wished that they could enjoy the series as much as the other did. But I digress.
(also, may I friend you? I've read quite a few of your metas since I joined (but until now have been too timid to write anything), and they're very insightful.)
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*nods vigorously* This, this. Though the problem sometimes is that it people sometimes just don't like things on instinct, whether for irrational or prejudiced reasons, and however objectively they try to judge things and like things, it will never really align with how anyone else would see it. And people get frustrated, especially when their opinion seems like such a minority and they feel left out, when they're trying to enjoy themselves but just can't, and everyone else doesn't really get it (run-on sentence there, oops). Though it's a totally different story when people are just plain old aggressive.
And i sort of <3 her even more than I otherwise would because she got stuck with such a thankless storyline, you know?
Hee, yeah, I have a love/hate relationship with series 3 (or however you refer to it as ;) because I loved the characters so much but whenever they good moody I got frustrated. But Martha leaving the Doctor to be her own kind of brilliant was just so great on her part because she was so loyal to him but got trodden over so badly. And some people think that that was whiny of her, which is understandable, but while I'm watching I'm just loving it the way I see it.
I think I'm veering off from your points rather wildly. Sorry. But you made me think!
As you said, tangents are good! :D
But having talked about this all over the place, I'll admit that I've never actually taken a peek at one of the discussions that have started all this. I've noticed that people seem to have been 'inspired' by others' posts to voice their own opinion (which perhaps has caused it to escalate the way it has) and people respond very strongly with their own, which has maybe brought out all the antagonism that has kinda put fandom at opposite ends since the beginning of the series? Which is terrible, because Who has always been pretty civil - I saw a debate earlier on which ended with one person saying that it was just one of the things that was preferential and wished that they could enjoy the series as much as the other did. But I digress.
(also, may I friend you? I've read quite a few of your metas since I joined (but until now have been too timid to write anything), and they're very insightful.)