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[flowrs4ophelia]

Because I'm bored, meme taken from alba_holly.

1. The Unpopular Fandom Opinion Meme
Name a fandom, and I'll give you the scoop on at least three of my unpopular opinions related to that fandom!

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[ninety6tears.livejournal.com]

BSG MOTHAFUCKA.
POTC MOTHAFUCKA.

[the-aloha-girl.livejournal.com]

Hazza P I mean, Harry Potter.

[flowrs4ophelia.livejournal.com]

OH YEAH BSG...

1. I honestly do love Anders, but he is not some asslicking-worthy saint for putting up with so much of Starbuck's shit. She is such a bitch to him only because he's weak enough to let her (again, and again, and again) and this doesn't make her have much respect for him.

And he's not "good for her" as opposed to anyone else either. Kara's problem is not Lee, it's Kara. And she's going to keep being the same Kara as long as she's with someone who tolerates everything she does.

2. Starbuck isn't crazy. Obsessed is a better description. But Roslin hasn't been terribly much more sane-seeming in the way she's pursued what her visions tell her either. The difference is Starbuck isn't the president who can give seemingly crazy orders without anyone having to believe her.

In fact, I'd say Starbuck is healthier than we've ever seen her because she is not only starting to understand the purpose she has but trying to fulfill it. She's finally devoted to something that means a lot to her besides drinking, fucking, and being able to take her anger out on some Raiders every day.

3. I wouldn't love this show nearly as much as I do if it weren't for all the religious stuff in it. For me, it can never have too much of it (well, Baltar's "You are perfect" bullshit doesn't count). I think a lot of fans who don't appreciate this aspect of the show or are just missing how important it is are way too cynical and reasonable with their speculations about things. I think Starbuck coming back from the dead was a miracle and that's not lame writing. I think Head Six is Baltar's burning bush and the prophecies are true and what everyone saw in the temple of Athena was not some kind of trick planetarium lightshow. And I think people who are watching this show not ready to have to accept things like this sometimes are...well, doing it wrong.


OH YEAH POTC

1. Though I was initially kind of disappointed by the ending of Elizabeth's story, I'm fine with it now. I don't know why it seems at first like she had to stay on that one island forever, but she didn't. And nothing indicates that she went respectable again instead of being all piratey still either. She could have done whatever she wanted during those ten years. Except sleep around, but if she has a problem with that she shouldn't have gotten married anyway. The PotC screenwriters were very inspired by the ideas of Sartre for these movies, and with this in mind the way the Will/Elizabeth relationship ends up really just says a lot about the freedom everyone gives up with romantic commitment rather than saying anything sexist.

2. AWE wasn't a disappointment for me as a Sparrabeth shipper. There's some kind of subtextual stuff still in there, and a lot of the moments between them at the end were lovely. He keeps his distance from her a whole lot in the beginning (because hello, he became really attracted to her and it ended up getting him killed and he's kind of pissed, lol) but by the end you can see they clearly both care for each other.

3. Um. I don't hate the writers? I don't know.

[flowrs4ophelia.livejournal.com]

1. I'd always figured Harry was going to end up defeating Voldemort in some kind of passive rather than violent way, so I didn't think the lack of some big battle between them at the end was lame.

2. I love both Severus Snape and James Potter as characters and don't get why most people feel the need to side with one of them and get so hateful and defensive about it. Appreciating a character doesn't mean you have to excuse everything they do and hate every character who doesn't get along with them.

3. I did not feel like throwing up after reading the epilogue or anything. It was kind of forgettable, but I don't get why the first thing anyone ever brings up regarding Deathly Hallows is how much the epilogue sucked when it's the least important five pages of a really massive book.

[guad.livejournal.com]

Ok then bring on the Twilight (lol) and then LotR

[http://users.livejournal.com/_thirty2flavors/]

Wordy McWord to #2!

[ofadoration.livejournal.com]

Kara's problem is not Lee, it's Kara.

DING DING DING, WE HAVE A WINNER. Kara/Anders is not inherently healthier than Kara/Lee. I don't hate Anders, although there are occasions where I bemoan his remaining presence on the show, but I have never bought the argument that K/A is a healthy relationship or inherently better than K/L. Kara walks all over Anders, and their relationship isn't healthier because he supposedly lets her be herself. Ugh.

I also agree with #2!

[ninety6tears.livejournal.com]

Kara's problem is not Lee, it's Kara. And she's going to keep being the same Kara as long as she's with someone who tolerates everything she does.

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[flowrs4ophelia.livejournal.com]

Oh man. I really can't think of a single unpopular opinion about LotR because it's just such a wank-free fandom. :( But instead I can come up with plenty for Twilight, LOL...

1. All the complaining about the books being compared to classics gets a little excessive. A chill pill, have one. Even if it's lol-worthy how unfitting the comparisons sometimes are, I really don't think SM is trying to pretend she's the next Jane Austen but just openly takes inspiration from those books, so there's no need for all the "STFU Stephenie, Twilight will never be Wuthering Heights" comments. I think a lot of fans just look for things to bitch about.

2. I think SM actually does think she's writing more than just fun romance novels, so it's fair game to criticize them for failing as anything more. And because of this, I also can't let go of a little bit of hope that she's actually going to give Bella some significant growth as a person and Breaking Dawn might have a message other than "tru luv 4ever."

3. Even when I used to like Edward more I didn't think he was hot. I got over the attraction to mysterious-dark-and-broody when I was 12, I think? Also, chivalry is a massive turn-off. I can open a car door by myself.

4. I could care less about who has been cast in the movies vs. who everyone used to use pictures of for graphics before then. I don't like a lot of the casting choices, but it's not the end of the world. They're books. Use your imagination, for crying out loud.

5. Even though I'm a rabid J/B shipper I'm still kind of a sucker for the meadow scene, which was the last there was of enjoyable Edward/Bella for me before the relationship started going way too fast and got lame by the end of Twilight. I think maybe because it's such a dreamlike scene the cheesiness factor just doesn't feel as ridiculous and over-the-top in that part.

[the-aloha-girl.livejournal.com]

I actually kinda love those opinions.

[guad.livejournal.com]

Haha yes LotR is very wank free. Hmm maybe the movies have more wank potential with all the critics The Two Towers received.

1) Uh the little bits I've read of interviews actually makes me think that she's on some delusion of grandeur.

2) Bella won't, I am convinced. Because Smeyers is unable of.

3) Agreed!

4) I don't care for the movie AT ALL. I am not dazzled by RPatts neither.

5) Wins for most lolastic scene in the books.

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