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[erda]

Maybe the reason I keep getting disappointed in the shows I watch is because, as a fan, I don't watch the same way most people do.

Seems like every show I get interested in introduces a small group of characters that I get very attached to. I'm interested in them and particularly in the interactions between them. But then, just when I'm getting invested in these people, the writers seem compelled to start introducing more and more characters, perhaps because the average viewer gets bored looking at the same faces week and week? I don't really know why they do it, but I end up deeply resenting the new characters because they take time away from the ones I've already gotten to like. Or sometimes, like with Heroes, I just get confused and lose interest because there are too many people and too many different story lines. Maybe most people watching TV don't get that involved with the characters? Else why would the writers keep doing this? Somebody must like it or think it's a good idea.

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[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

I have a horrible feeling that with SGA, one reason for Keller's growing presence is that the writers just don't know how to handle Teyla. When she was "just" a warrior, they did okay, but now she's a mother and that's a bit too complex for their pea-brains to grasp. Much easier then to write lines for Keller, who's sweet and pretty and OMG!smart. :/ The other reason, of course, is that they're angling for younger (male, but that goes without saying) viewers, and the team is just too darn old. Two of them is in their forties! No one under the age of thirty could possibly care about them!

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[keefaq.livejournal.com]

I don't think they ever really knew what to do with Teyla, she was just there as a token. This whole age thing is probably going to keep on pissing me off more and more as I'm not getting any younger.

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

I belong to the age-group that TPTB are so desperate to court, and it's pissing me off too. Are we suddenly drooling idiots who only have it in us to relate to characters our own age? I do not appreciate being treated with such contempt.

[keefaq.livejournal.com]

Shhhhh...It's going to be okay, I promise. We'll get through this with the help of all our talented fanfic writers. *pats you on the back and offers hot tea*

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

*Gratefully accepts* My tea was getting cold anyway. Maybe that's why I'm so filled with fan-rage?

I have all the faith in the world for the amazing writers and artists in this fandom. They will make everything better. They're like the anti- Mullie and Mallozzi in that respect. ;)

[dragojustine.livejournal.com]

YES. I have always loved the Stargate franchise largely because I'm not being asked to watch a strange world where everybody over 30 magically disappears (or appears only in token parental roles). That was a real, functioning workplace, with a wide range of ages and greater authority and importance given to people who worked their way up the ladder over time, and SG1 wasn't at all afraid to sexualize actors well over 40 (RDA), actors without classical Hollywood looks (Hewlett), etc.

And I'm 22, so it's not a demographic thing! Grrr.