How about this one then... I actually posted in comments to the posts on the comm that were all neg headed about the show why do you watch it then, you post this diatribe every week and keep watching it, he replied, "The first 30 years of the show that were fantastic I should not have to stop watching it just because it has been consistently bad for the last 4 years." ....
WTF??????????????
I admit I watched Weeds waaayyy past the time I was no longer enjoying it, I suppose out of habit (but then again there was another person watching it with me; had I been by myself I would have stopped.) And I've occasionally (not often) read novels or fanfic with a sinking feeling about where things are going when I should just put it down. But I don't believe that the author/creator/show etc OWES ME anything.
That line of thinking you quote makes no sense to me except as a rationale and an excuse to cover the awkward fact that the person's enjoyment comes directly from how much they hate the show now. (I railed about the Buffy comics quite a bit last year after finding them the first time, and I have to admit that I probably enjoyed the ranting - with like-minded ranters. So, it gave me one way to interact with, and to enter into, BtVS fandom that was more immediate and more visceral than just reading fics and meta. I got to blow off steam, express genuine distaste and horror, and found a way I could walk in the door of fandom. I've since moved on from that (the comics aren't worth the trouble, but they are troubling in their real-world implications IMO), because I can't sustain that for any length of time.
But I suppose some people can, and any strong emotion - including and especially fannish squeefulness and/or rage - is more easily sustained when others share the same feelings. It keeps the fires burning, it feeds on itself, and creates a sense of community or fitting in. And perhaps it also serves as a safe outlet for emotions that can't be expressed elsewhere, towards one's boss, spouse, neighbors, the world (Think of the presidential elections here in the US - or I suspect nearly any country - where suddenly EVERYONE is interested in politics, where people gets swept up in waves of enthusiasm. It's the same thing.)
So I can make that response make sense on an intellectual level, but maintaining that? It must be exhausting at some point.
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WTF??????????????
I admit I watched Weeds waaayyy past the time I was no longer enjoying it, I suppose out of habit (but then again there was another person watching it with me; had I been by myself I would have stopped.) And I've occasionally (not often) read novels or fanfic with a sinking feeling about where things are going when I should just put it down. But I don't believe that the author/creator/show etc OWES ME anything.
That line of thinking you quote makes no sense to me except as a rationale and an excuse to cover the awkward fact that the person's enjoyment comes directly from how much they hate the show now. (I railed about the Buffy comics quite a bit last year after finding them the first time, and I have to admit that I probably enjoyed the ranting - with like-minded ranters. So, it gave me one way to interact with, and to enter into, BtVS fandom that was more immediate and more visceral than just reading fics and meta. I got to blow off steam, express genuine distaste and horror, and found a way I could walk in the door of fandom. I've since moved on from that (the comics aren't worth the trouble, but they are troubling in their real-world implications IMO), because I can't sustain that for any length of time.
But I suppose some people can, and any strong emotion - including and especially fannish squeefulness and/or rage - is more easily sustained when others share the same feelings. It keeps the fires burning, it feeds on itself, and creates a sense of community or fitting in. And perhaps it also serves as a safe outlet for emotions that can't be expressed elsewhere, towards one's boss, spouse, neighbors, the world (Think of the presidential elections here in the US - or I suspect nearly any country - where suddenly EVERYONE is interested in politics, where people gets swept up in waves of enthusiasm. It's the same thing.)
So I can make that response make sense on an intellectual level, but maintaining that? It must be exhausting at some point.