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[frelling_tralk]

Apparently I've been living under a rock for the past few weeks. I've only just woken up to the underlying tension in Smallville fandom.

If people won't even use their lj to squee over Smallville trailers without first putting up a warning, than I think that's pretty fair. It's actually bordering on considerate of people to be thinking "oh maybe that's still something that so and so would prefer not to know", even when it's a trailer that is not designed to be a spoiler, but as a teaser for upcoming episodes.

People can interpret a spoiler as being whatever they like for them obviously. But is some of this info really something you're entitled to be shielded from? Cause that seems to be the attitude of some. I am not talking about detailed spoilers for the first 6 episodes that the spoiler people seek out and yes we should absolutely keep that info to ourselves.

But this certain casting spoiler people are only just finding out about now apparently. Well A&G weren't treating it as a spoiler. They were promoting it months ago, so actually haven't the spoiler people been showing restraint by keeping the info quiet for so long? Go us! :p

With the season finale of Buffy I was spoiled by the freaking tabloids! Yes I was sat on a train and someone was reading an article with the headline that Buffy dies *g* And when I got on-line I would have had to leave the fandom in order to watch Buffy episodes without spoilers. I was a little annoyed about it at the time, but I adjusted *shrug*

I can appreciate being annoyed if someone spoils you. I'm trying to go into the Farscape mini-series spoiler-free.

I just think if people look around at the system in place, you might find that people are actually very civilized about spoilers, and do make way more effort for the spoiler phobic than you will find elsewhere (like on the network itself).

Here's a link to fandom wank discussion on it

http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/498946.html

That fandom wank needs a warning attached I guess as it has discussion of the Smallville promo, which I know some people consider a spoiler. And yes, in my lj, I will still cut tag discussions on the promo if that's what people want :)

Fandom wank has some funny comments. Someone mentions that one viewer watching Ats was actually infuriated at episode one of Ats season 5 having Spike in the opening credits which was OMG a total spoiler! Hee.

Comments

[ex-marcasit.livejournal.com]

Vive La Wank! :)

[rhiannonhero.livejournal.com]

But is some of this info really something you're entitled to be shielded from?

No, of course not. But neither are people entitled to remain on my FL if they don't use cut tags for things that I consider to be spoilers. I think it goes both ways. I get the impression that some folks feel they are entitled to be on my FL because I have a FLocked journal, when that isn't the case at all. If I remove someone for not cutting spoilers, that's my business.

And, also, people have a right to be disappointed and pissed off that they were spoiled, regardless of the person who posted the spoiler's intentions. For example, I missed an important part of my neice's first birthday party yesterday. I was disappointed and pissed off about it. I wasn't pissed off at my sis-in-law or my brother, but I was just pissed off.

So, if someone sees an uncut spoiler and they want to rage about it in their LJ and/or cut folks from their FL, what's the big dealio? It goes both ways.

Darned Columbus

[bizarra.livejournal.com]

My problem with Smallville and spoilers is that in Columbus, we don't get the episode until 10PM Wedneday night (and we do not get promo trailers or preview trailers either) So I generally like going into Smallville completely spoiler free. BUT what I tend to do is avoid LJ like the plague until I've seen Smallville that night. (Columbus technically has no WB network. UPN and WB share the channel, but it's technically a UPN channel)

I don't like spoilers, but I'm not anal about them. LOL

I think part of the problem with Smallville and spoilers is that it's all over the place during the week. So someone may not get to see the episode until Friday. or even later in the week.

What happened to spoiler space being a common courtesy? (Just asking, not trying to start something. :-))

[crossbow1.livejournal.com]

I think it's polite for people to at least use a spoiler warning if not a cut tag, but still, if they don't, everyone still has the freedom to not read something!

[jadedsilver.livejournal.com]

Just to let you know, I'm always grateful for your cut-tags. So, thanks! :)