Subtlety is for little men...
Nov. 10th, 2011 09:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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frogspace, I just watched the newest Merlin preview and I believe something totally unprecedensed is happening here.
I mean, there are lots of shows that feed the slashers in its first Season to cultivate a little fanbase and grab the free online pimping for the show that comes with it. And then, by Season 2, the writers act like "ZOMG, people think our characters are GAY for each other, stop the presses" and then said characters will
1) stop having so much (or any) scenes together,
2) at least one part (if not both) will get a love story with a girl that will be foisted on viewers in unorganic (and often inconsistent) ways, meaning it's on/off according to plot
3) they stop acting like friends even and at least one (if not both) will act completely jerktastic to the other for no real reason
4) just to add insult to injury they will throw the occasional bone to the fans of the slash pairing, making the guys act nice or caring to each other in a grand sweeping dramatic gesture/episode that sticks out even more like a sore thumb because of number 3)
And that's usually how it goes for the remainder of those shows - hello Smallville - but I've honestly never seen a show do what Merlin seems to do this Season. It's like they not only turned that carriage back around again but it's basically trampling over the poor, downtrodden slash fans on its way back. In a good way, you know. :D
It's like doing the anti-number 1-4 and go all in. In Season 1, it was still just goofy and innocent with a lot of subtext, this Season, it's all grabby hands and physicality, it's not even text anymore, it's ACTS. At the rate it's going, I can only assume the Season will culminate in actual Arthur/Merlin sex. Happening onscreen. In highdef and surround sound. While the slash dragon watches. *g*
frogspace, I just watched the newest Merlin preview and I believe something totally unprecedensed is happening here.I mean, there are lots of shows that feed the slashers in its first Season to cultivate a little fanbase and grab the free online pimping for the show that comes with it. And then, by Season 2, the writers act like "ZOMG, people think our characters are GAY for each other, stop the presses" and then said characters will
1) stop having so much (or any) scenes together,
2) at least one part (if not both) will get a love story with a girl that will be foisted on viewers in unorganic (and often inconsistent) ways, meaning it's on/off according to plot
3) they stop acting like friends even and at least one (if not both) will act completely jerktastic to the other for no real reason
4) just to add insult to injury they will throw the occasional bone to the fans of the slash pairing, making the guys act nice or caring to each other in a grand sweeping dramatic gesture/episode that sticks out even more like a sore thumb because of number 3)
And that's usually how it goes for the remainder of those shows - hello Smallville - but I've honestly never seen a show do what Merlin seems to do this Season. It's like they not only turned that carriage back around again but it's basically trampling over the poor, downtrodden slash fans on its way back. In a good way, you know. :D
It's like doing the anti-number 1-4 and go all in. In Season 1, it was still just goofy and innocent with a lot of subtext, this Season, it's all grabby hands and physicality, it's not even text anymore, it's ACTS. At the rate it's going, I can only assume the Season will culminate in actual Arthur/Merlin sex. Happening onscreen. In highdef and surround sound. While the slash dragon watches. *g*
