not in the way they deserve

jupiterjames:

I don’t condone hating on anything, but you know what? I’m glad that people are reacting to the episode this way. I’m glad we’re angry that if people must die on the show, there should be emotional impact at least. That we don’t sit by and be cool and quiet about bad writing and unacceptable story telling. This show is big. It’s been around for 12 years now. It has a huge fandom. It has impact.

I’m not saying that the fans should have control over what the final product is. We shouldn’t. That’s what fan works are for.

However. A show that is so integrated with fans and wants to keep those fans, should listen to them when they all cry foul in unison. Bad writers who ruin the story line and the show, and showrunners who allow it, should rethink their actions. Should be accountable. Should do something to make the show what it was when it gained such a following.

Supernatural is worthy of its following. It’s been in the past, a mostly fantastic story. All shows will have slip-ups and bad calls by the writers and show runners. Okay, fine.

But when something like #fireBucklemming starts trending on Twitter as their terrible episode is airing and their episodes are constantly criticized for their ruination by a huge majority of fans, and even Astroglide gets in on it, the show runners need to listen. It’s not an accident. It’s a habit. It’s a problem. Something needs to be done.

Because, yes, allowing largely contentious things to happen over and over, is what makes a show tank, and makes it not worth watching after a while.