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Mar. 19th, 2003 03:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlockOk, so I see the spoilers for Buffy episode 21 are out. Most of the people on my friends list are really good about this, but I just want to remind you all again to HIDE YOUR SPOILERS!
If anyone doesn't know how to do the lj-cut feature which hides text, you can find it in LiveJournal FAQ (on your right) under Journal Entries---> LJ specific tags.
Remember, moods are spoilers too! If your subject tells how incredibly overwrought you are becuase of great tragedy, or mad because you're a hard-core shipper and "something will happen to yuor pairing"-- Not cool! I don't want to accidentally infer that someone died or broke up or confessed "I love you", or whatever mught happen as that series comes to a close. The only non-spoilery emotion is surprise or lack of surprise.
But like I said, most of you are pretty sensitive to this, which is great. I just wanted to put it up because this is the _series_finale_, and I don't want to be accidentally ruined for it, not a bit.
If anyone doesn't know how to do the lj-cut feature which hides text, you can find it in LiveJournal FAQ (on your right) under Journal Entries---> LJ specific tags.
Remember, moods are spoilers too! If your subject tells how incredibly overwrought you are becuase of great tragedy, or mad because you're a hard-core shipper and "something will happen to yuor pairing"-- Not cool! I don't want to accidentally infer that someone died or broke up or confessed "I love you", or whatever mught happen as that series comes to a close. The only non-spoilery emotion is surprise or lack of surprise.
But like I said, most of you are pretty sensitive to this, which is great. I just wanted to put it up because this is the _series_finale_, and I don't want to be accidentally ruined for it, not a bit.
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Date: 2003-03-19 04:09 pm (UTC)Re:
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Date: 2003-03-19 05:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-19 04:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-19 04:57 pm (UTC)I noticed that too, though sometimes people mood icons don't reflect their journal entries, so it's hard to tell.
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Date: 2003-03-19 07:54 pm (UTC)But again, I admire you SO MUCH for staying spoiler free. I am going to try for the final ep, but I'm not promising anything. ;)
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Date: 2003-03-19 08:16 pm (UTC)But again, I admire you SO MUCH for staying spoiler free. I am going to try for the final ep, but I'm not promising anything. ;)
I've just foudn that the entire aspect of fandom that deals with spoilers leaves a bad taste in my mouth when I later watch the show. People's interpretation of spoilers and their pre-analyses... they really ruin the experience of watching the show. Also, because I've only gotten into spoilers a few times, I'm not really that knowledgable about them, and prefer to stay that way. Easier to avoid temptation if you don't know where to get your next fix.
There's one casting spoiler I've had for a while now because it was rumored from the beginning of the season, and it was confirmed on tonight's Angel, which I download most of early from
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Date: 2003-03-19 08:23 pm (UTC)Jeez, tell me about it. Yesterday I looked on BAPS for a link for the BtVS ep 17 trailer, and I was bombarded with people making assumptions, ripping up characters, and whining about spoilers.
I cannot tell you how many times I have written a post telling everyone to stop assuming and wait (at least) until the spoiler is confirmed, or until we receive more knowledge which makes the spoiler make more sense -- and then said, "Fuck it," and given up.
Some people will persist to blow spoilers way out of proportion; there's nothing I can do about it. For now, I just read directly from the sources and read analyses from people whom I know are rational.
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Date: 2003-03-19 09:36 pm (UTC)A good plan, that. I'm the same way about episode reviews-- I've gotten tired of the downers this year and now pretty much only read from the people who are optimistic like myself, and don't just whine about it and "rip up characters."
sing it sister please!
Date: 2003-03-19 10:04 pm (UTC)Re: sing it sister please!
Date: 2003-03-19 10:42 pm (UTC)That's all it comes down to in my mind. It's also brought me to the sad decision that I must give up ff.net. I know there's loads of mostly crap, but there are some real gems among the grindstones of Buffyfic there, and I pride myself on finding them. But it's also the easiest place to get spoiled from summaries or people who don't warn that they're writing spoilers into their fics. Or write "warning" only after telling you the spoiler itself. ::shudder:: I think that if you're deep enough into internet fandom to be able to find spoilers, you should know courtesy enough to put warnings up.
So soon I'll be only on fic recs, LJ, and fanfiction from lists and forums. After May I'll backtrack and read all the Buffyfic I've lapsed on at ff.net. Yeah, I'm insane that way.
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Date: 2003-03-19 10:08 pm (UTC)Also the list isn't a downer. Unlike a lot of spoiler lists, I've noticed. The reason I decided to avoid spoilers was I noticed that they made me very angsty, really got me down. Unspoiled, I can really enjoy the series.
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Date: 2003-03-19 10:36 pm (UTC)have you checked it out lately?
Date: 2003-03-19 10:43 pm (UTC)Re: have you checked it out lately?
Date: 2003-03-19 10:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-19 10:49 pm (UTC)Just wanted to mention a well-known spoilerific source to AVOID, AVOID, AVOID, and that's the good ol' "TV Guide". God, they are lame.
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Date: 2003-03-20 12:28 am (UTC)::smiles:: Me too! One mucho grande kiss for me come May. And have you been to his minion site lately and seen his picture? Not a bad looking fellow.