Perception is everything on shows like this, and perception (interpretation) occurs through the lens of our own personal experience with things.
Very true!
I completely agree with you on Claudia and on the need to tolerate more than one interpretation. It's why I love reading your impressions as well as Randoms,TCH, Rook's, D'H's, Rahael's, yabby, KdS's even though I know you often have very different takes on the show than I do. As you should, since we all come from different backgrounds and different perceptions. It's what I love about the online fandom and the shows in general. It would be really boring if everyone agreed with us all the time. And what's the point of discussion - if you don't have a little disagreement??
I believe the writers have done an excellent job of creating extremly convulted characters with multiple layers and interpretations. It's what makes Angel the Series one of the more gripping and entertaining series on TV. I like prickly/edgy characters. For example - I still watch ER b/c I love the characters of Romano and Carrie - two of the most prickly characters on TV.
I also like seeing more than one interpretation, as long as the interpretations are polite and tolerant of others views. My friend cjl and I have great discussions on the characters and we don't always agree. His take on Angel is sometimes very different than mine, yet I oddly enough agree with it. Claudia gets on my nerves - I can't read her, just like I can't read Diana and a couple of others. Doesn't matter who they post on - I find the tone of their posts off-putting and difficult to read, so I do myself a favor and just skip them. I don't mind a different take, what I mind is the condescending tone or confrontational that some people have - ie. "you're 'wrong' b/c I know more than you (ie. look how bright I am!)" or "so and so says so" or "the majority says this so it must be true" as opposed to "it's odd but I see this differently, just my personal take, your mileage may vary". Of course, I admit I've been guilty of using writers' comments as a short cut to back myself up, dirty pool...I know. ;-) The confrontational posts just bring out the troll in me now, so I've learned to avoid the posters who post them. I guess I had more energy and/or tolerance for it last year, now? 0 tolerance for some reason. So I've been posting more in my live journal and less and less on the boards.
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branchandroot
Re: Don't live in Canda, live in denial
Date: 2003-10-09 09:04 pm (UTC)Very true!
I completely agree with you on Claudia and on the need to tolerate more than one interpretation. It's why I love reading your impressions as well as Randoms,TCH, Rook's, D'H's, Rahael's, yabby, KdS's even though I know you often have very different takes on the show than I do. As you should, since we all come from different backgrounds and different perceptions. It's what I love about the online fandom and the shows in general. It would be really boring if everyone agreed with us all the time. And what's the point of discussion - if you don't have a little disagreement??
I believe the writers have done an excellent job of creating extremly convulted characters with multiple layers and interpretations. It's what makes Angel the Series one of the more gripping and entertaining series on TV. I like prickly/edgy characters. For example - I still watch ER b/c I love the characters of Romano and Carrie - two of the most prickly characters on TV.
I also like seeing more than one interpretation, as long as the interpretations are polite and tolerant of others views. My friend cjl and I have great discussions on the characters and we don't always agree. His take on Angel is sometimes very different than mine, yet I oddly enough agree with it. Claudia gets on my nerves - I can't read her, just like I can't read Diana and a couple of others. Doesn't matter who they post on - I find the tone of their posts off-putting and difficult to read, so I do myself a favor and just skip them. I don't mind a different take, what I mind is the condescending tone or confrontational that some people have - ie. "you're 'wrong' b/c I know more than you (ie. look how bright I am!)" or "so and so says so" or "the majority says this so it must be true" as opposed to "it's odd but I see this differently, just my personal take, your mileage may vary". Of course, I admit I've been guilty of using writers' comments as a short cut to back myself up, dirty pool...I know. ;-) The confrontational posts just bring out the troll in me now, so I've learned to avoid the posters who post them. I guess I had more energy and/or tolerance for it last year, now? 0 tolerance for some reason. So I've been posting more in my live journal and less and less on the boards.