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rionaleonhart) wrote2010-07-07 08:18 am
rionaleonhart) wrote2010-07-07 08:18 am
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Perhaps It Would Have Been Wiser Not To Watch.
The media I enjoy tend to fall into one of two categories: things with tiny or nonexistent fandoms, and things with massive fandoms and terrible reputations. As, over the past year, I have written fanfiction for The Mentalist (which seems to have a surprisingly small fandom output despite its popularity), Charlie Brooker, Shadow of the Colossus, someone else's original characters, Peep Show and Derren Brown, several of which had no fandom at all when I discovered them, my focus of late appears very much to have been on the former.
It looks as if I may be adding something new to my list of 'popular but divisive things I'm slightly hesitant to admit to enjoying', though, because.
Well.
I've started watching Glee.
I know for a fact that there are people on my flist who genuinely hate Glee, so at this point I have to pause to apologise to them. I actually started up the first episode thinking 'goodness, I hope I don't enjoy this, because then I'm going to talk about it and my flist will glare at me'. If it's any consolation, I don't think it's going to really become a fandom of mine; so far, I have literally no desire to read or write fanfiction about any of the characters. I'm enjoying it, but purely in a 'this is quite fun to watch' way.
I don't think it's even going to become something I talk about much, because at the moment, having watched the first two episodes, I have exactly one thought on it, and it is this:
I AM ALARMED BY HOW HOT I FIND KURT'S THRUSTING IN THE 'PUSH IT' SEQUENCE. It is at about 0.15 in this video. I have rewatched it at least ten times. I can't stop.
(Well, that and 'why go to such obvious trouble to create a diverse cast and then only actually give lines to the straight white able-bodied people?', but it's early days, so perhaps the characters of minorities will come to have a role in the storyline. On the other hand, perhaps it entirely fails to improve and that's why Glee seems to be regarded with such scorn; whilst I know that Glee seems to be disliked by many, I haven't been paying close enough attention to know why. I suppose I shall find out!)
Unrelatedly, a strange side-effect of being a fan of Victoria Coren (who, incidentally, would make a lovely couple with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
derryderrydown (don't mind me; just received a request to abuse my journal's powers of warping reality)): rather than being irritated by online poker advertisements, I've started smiling fondly at them. Er, all right?
It looks as if I may be adding something new to my list of 'popular but divisive things I'm slightly hesitant to admit to enjoying', though, because.
Well.
I've started watching Glee.
I know for a fact that there are people on my flist who genuinely hate Glee, so at this point I have to pause to apologise to them. I actually started up the first episode thinking 'goodness, I hope I don't enjoy this, because then I'm going to talk about it and my flist will glare at me'. If it's any consolation, I don't think it's going to really become a fandom of mine; so far, I have literally no desire to read or write fanfiction about any of the characters. I'm enjoying it, but purely in a 'this is quite fun to watch' way.
I don't think it's even going to become something I talk about much, because at the moment, having watched the first two episodes, I have exactly one thought on it, and it is this:
I AM ALARMED BY HOW HOT I FIND KURT'S THRUSTING IN THE 'PUSH IT' SEQUENCE. It is at about 0.15 in this video. I have rewatched it at least ten times. I can't stop.
(Well, that and 'why go to such obvious trouble to create a diverse cast and then only actually give lines to the straight white able-bodied people?', but it's early days, so perhaps the characters of minorities will come to have a role in the storyline. On the other hand, perhaps it entirely fails to improve and that's why Glee seems to be regarded with such scorn; whilst I know that Glee seems to be disliked by many, I haven't been paying close enough attention to know why. I suppose I shall find out!)
Unrelatedly, a strange side-effect of being a fan of Victoria Coren (who, incidentally, would make a lovely couple with
derryderrydown (don't mind me; just received a request to abuse my journal's powers of warping reality)): rather than being irritated by online poker advertisements, I've started smiling fondly at them. Er, all right?