Question

[damelola]

For those of you who will continue to watch House next season:

WHY?

This is not intended as an attack, I swear.  You know I don't pick fights with my friends (random trolls and evil people on the other hand...).  But how are you justifying it to yourselves?  Is it just a case of 'I've started so I have to finish'?  I mean, I know some of y'all would watch snuff for to Hugh Laurie if you had to, and I can't claim I'm any different when it comes to my women.

But I'm genuinely interested to hear what the defence is to the blatant misogyny (and/or casual racism), sharp decline in writing and all-round character assassination (including, most importantly, that of House himself)?  What is it that makes you say that's not how it is or it doesn't matter because.  Like I say, not picking a fight but I feel like I've only seen one side of this so far and I really don't know how the people not speaking up about this are rationalising the showrunners' decisions.

I'm putting this public and enabling anon so you don't have to feel awkward about it all.  Look forward to hearing any and all sides of the arguments outside of the general comm hysteria.

Comments

[scandaloussteph.livejournal.com]

It's not the same show as it was four years ago. I don't enjoy what it has become. It's not that I hate it, I have no real strong feelings about it anymore, and therefore, unless they have an Alien invasion/dinosaur storyline, I'm out.

[ohbilliejean.livejournal.com]

No, I've been really out of touch, too. It's no one's fault - shit happens, life happens, bullshit happens that makes shit in life worse, that's no one's fault and friendship isn't constrained by how much people stay in contact. If it is constrained by that, then it's not a real friendship imo.

I love you, too, and care about you in huge amounts, whether we're in contact or not. I think about you quite a lot, and I think about all of the people on LJ whom are really important to me (dameola, you come under that category, too!) and no amount of lapses in communication will ever change that. ♥

[ohbilliejean.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad you've made this entry, too! It's also been ages since I've had a proper, meaty discussion about media, and it's been ages since I've had a proper, meaty discussion about House.

It's actually been awesome being able to have that discussion here, as it's helped me really get off my chest things that have been bugging me so much about the show but haven't had the opportunity to delve into it. (Or, you know, maybe not opportunity so much as courage, especially after how burnt I was from all the shit that went down - I know you know what I mean by that, lol.) So yeah, huge thank you for this post. ♥ ♥ ♥

[spoggly.livejournal.com]

You're going to make me cry! I love you so much, as much as someone I'm friends with offline, and I'm so, so fucking glad that that won't change.

[ohbilliejean.livejournal.com]

♥ ♥ ♥

[lissie-pissie.livejournal.com]

I've had this entry open in a tab and now I finally have time to go through it. Just wanted to jump in and say I wasn't bothered by the Chase/Thirteen fight. Quite the opposite, it was refreshing for me to see a woman that didn't back down or run away scared of the physical strength of a man. She started it, and she seems like the type of honest person who would want to be held accountable for her actions. She wasn't babied, she was treated like an equal, isn't that what people are fighting for?