I feel like the people who are completely enamored of this season are trying to push me, and people like me, that direction and it makes me feel angry. Like I'm not the fan they want me to be, so I'm not worth anything and need to stfu.
This - oh, yes. So very much yes. I've stopped posting any kind of commentary or reaction on my LJ (apart from a brief comment on Rory a couple of eps ago), though I'll acknowledge that (a) I did do a flounce last year and say I wouldn't watch again, whereas I have been watching, mainly because this is canon DW like it or not and I do intend to watch future incarnations, and (b) it's not so much that people have said I should shut up, but some people on my flist who do like the Matt Smith era have made generalised comments about squee being harshed or otherwise disliking the negativity, or have vehemently argued with every criticism I have of this era to the point of making me feel that I needed to curtail conversation on my own LJ.
Not everyone's going to feel the same way about every era, Doctor or companion; I'm well aware of that. I didn't like S3 as much as the rest of the RTD era. I really dislike One. I don't care for Four anything like as much as Three, and I find young Sarah Jane abrasive. That's life. Not liking the Moffat era, and really disliking the direction he's taking the Doctor (and this is different from fanfic in a hugely significant way, because this is now canon), actually feels pretty awful. I don't get excited on episode days; I don't watch eps with friends and chat excitedly about them afterwards any more; I didn't go to last weekend's rewatch sessions, even though I've enjoyed the ones I have been to; and I don't read episode reviews or speculation on my flist any more because I'm left cold or wondering what's wrong with me that I just don't see what they're seeing.
But this too shall pass :) Sooner or later, Smith will leave and I hope the next Doctor will be one I will like. Moffat will leave also, as will the characters of his era. And this isn't just an anti-Moffat thing with me; I adore his version of Sherlock. The man can write good drama, even if I do think he doesn't write women particularly well.
Maybe those of us who dislike S5 just need to arrange our own rewatches now and again? And fic. Definitely fic!
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I feel like the people who are completely enamored of this season are trying to push me, and people like me, that direction and it makes me feel angry. Like I'm not the fan they want me to be, so I'm not worth anything and need to stfu.
This - oh, yes. So very much yes. I've stopped posting any kind of commentary or reaction on my LJ (apart from a brief comment on Rory a couple of eps ago), though I'll acknowledge that (a) I did do a flounce last year and say I wouldn't watch again, whereas I have been watching, mainly because this is canon DW like it or not and I do intend to watch future incarnations, and (b) it's not so much that people have said I should shut up, but some people on my flist who do like the Matt Smith era have made generalised comments about squee being harshed or otherwise disliking the negativity, or have vehemently argued with every criticism I have of this era to the point of making me feel that I needed to curtail conversation on my own LJ.
Not everyone's going to feel the same way about every era, Doctor or companion; I'm well aware of that. I didn't like S3 as much as the rest of the RTD era. I really dislike One. I don't care for Four anything like as much as Three, and I find young Sarah Jane abrasive. That's life. Not liking the Moffat era, and really disliking the direction he's taking the Doctor (and this is different from fanfic in a hugely significant way, because this is now canon), actually feels pretty awful. I don't get excited on episode days; I don't watch eps with friends and chat excitedly about them afterwards any more; I didn't go to last weekend's rewatch sessions, even though I've enjoyed the ones I have been to; and I don't read episode reviews or speculation on my flist any more because I'm left cold or wondering what's wrong with me that I just don't see what they're seeing.
But this too shall pass :) Sooner or later, Smith will leave and I hope the next Doctor will be one I will like. Moffat will leave also, as will the characters of his era. And this isn't just an anti-Moffat thing with me; I adore his version of Sherlock. The man can write good drama, even if I do think he doesn't write women particularly well.
Maybe those of us who dislike S5 just need to arrange our own rewatches now and again? And fic. Definitely fic!