Heh, welcome to my world circa season three. There was a wave of people leaving the fandom and while I certainly recognize that their concerns and frustrations were valid for them, *I* was still happy with the show, which was delivering wonderful things for me in the specific areas that I watched the show for. Fannishly, I was content; it just made me unhappy that so many other people weren't content, and I felt guilty that I was getting what I wanted out of the show when so many other people weren't. I really toned down my squee for awhile; I didn't want my happiness about the show to be a poke in the eye to people who were, understandably, upset and bitter over the direction that season 3 took.
I'm kinda over that by this point; I figure that if it bothers someone that much to see me squeeing and being happy over the things that make me happy in my own journal, they can just go elsewhere. I do try to ... well, spread my squee around, and be happy for people getting what they want from the show even if it's not what I want. I'm not especially thrilled about Carson being back, for example, and I feel a little resentful of him for taking screen time from other characters that I'd much *rather* have in his scenes. But I'm trying very hard not to reflect that when I write about the show, because the Paul McGillion fen are undoubtedly happy to have him back and I certainly don't want to take out my own feelings on them. Or, Teyla naming the baby after John -- not a decision that I'm personally all that pleased with, but I'm very happy for John and John/Teyla fen who got a nice moment. Since I know that I have a range of fen who read my journal, from shippers of different ships to gen people, I do try to enjoy the nice things the show gives *me* while not treading on other people for getting their nice things as well.
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I'm kinda over that by this point; I figure that if it bothers someone that much to see me squeeing and being happy over the things that make me happy in my own journal, they can just go elsewhere. I do try to ... well, spread my squee around, and be happy for people getting what they want from the show even if it's not what I want. I'm not especially thrilled about Carson being back, for example, and I feel a little resentful of him for taking screen time from other characters that I'd much *rather* have in his scenes. But I'm trying very hard not to reflect that when I write about the show, because the Paul McGillion fen are undoubtedly happy to have him back and I certainly don't want to take out my own feelings on them. Or, Teyla naming the baby after John -- not a decision that I'm personally all that pleased with, but I'm very happy for John and John/Teyla fen who got a nice moment. Since I know that I have a range of fen who read my journal, from shippers of different ships to gen people, I do try to enjoy the nice things the show gives *me* while not treading on other people for getting their nice things as well.