#angemicwings

(...after Charlie I, uh, I’ve become ready to expect almost ANYTHING from the writers and feel absolutely incapable of judging what they would or wouldn’t do or what they do or don’t intend (and I feel similarly about the actors’ intentions) - tbh I’ve made peace with the fact that the thoughts/feelings of the cast and crew on the story are, on the whole, a mystery to me, and I just don’t see the point, for myself personally, in wasting my time and energy speculating over what they think/feel/intend, when I’m NEVER gonna know for sure and there will always be 100s of different fans arguing alternatives which leads to arguments and upset... if I adhered to a different academic theory of interpreting fiction then it would be different, that would all be part of the game, and I could feel like differing thoughts about authorial intent could all exist side by side just as I feel about different interpretations of the text, but... ultimately it’s just come to feel to me like arguing over personal thoughts/feelings/beliefs of real living people who we don’t even know, almost like gossiping behind their backs (since a lot of such discussion descends into name-calling, like labeling people homophobic and such), and it’s really started to make me uncomfortable, so... yeah, that’s, um, all of THAT tmi you didn’t ask for or want so sorry! obviously this is personal TO ME, I understand that it is only natural, and I would say right, to, uh, analyse (I guess?) the character of real people in the public eye, since their words/actions can have influence on the world, so it’s important to call such people out if things they do, say, or write, or whatever, perpetuate harmful/problematic ideas and such, so I KNOW it’s NOT just idle gossiping and stuff, and ofc I DO generate my own opinions on various members of the cast and crew, that’s kind of unavoidable - my point is I’ve decided I don’t personally like being involved in discussion of cast/crew feelings/intent, is all!)