In this together

[alliecat8]

And, just to prove that I *can* post something besides "SQUEEEE" and "WHEEEE" and other things ending in "EEEEE!" today, here's a bit of Lost-related thinky-stuff.

This is for those of us who are STILL HERE, after everything Lost has put us through. [If you've moved on but still read my journal anyway, *great big smooches*, but you can skip this bit o' spam.] I just read an article in eponine119's journal that compares Lost to an abusive boyfriend. It's here. Is there anybody left who hasn't been disappointed, hurt, or just plain pissed-off by Lost at least once? If you're like me, though (I've been all of the above at one time or another), you just keep coming back. I think that's intriguing (and happy-making, because, like I said, it means we're still HERE!). *simultaneously dances with you and clings to you*

So, even if Lost isn't the show you expected it to be (which is the lament I hear most often, and totally agree with), or if they've messed with your favorite characters to the point where you've screamed and thrown things (me, too!), or you're so sick of dropped plots and ENDLESS FUCKING QUESTIONS (I could launch into a meta here about how those are nirvana for a fanfic writer -- if they drop or lose sight of the ball, that just means we get to pick it up and run with it! but I'll save that for later), why do we still come back for more?

For me, it's because I have to know what happens to these characters. I HAVE to. Sometimes I wonder if it's a trainwreck mentality -- even if I *know* they're gonna meet a bitter fate, I still have to sit right there with them, like I can hold their hand or something. But really, I think it's just that I care about most of them more than I do anybody else on TV (and most people in RL!).

So, tell me, Lost fandom (without harshing my buzz, please -- I'm in my Happy Place today, remember!), why are YOU still here? and I hope you never leave! ♥

Comments

[birch-tree.livejournal.com]

yay, we're back!!! :))))))
It feels funny today, almost like coming back to school after the summer holidays (except that I wasn't that happy going back to school after holidays...)

To answer your question, well, I always come back because I've never been that disappointed in the first place.
Well, not extremely disappointed. There have been times when things in the show did piss me off, and you know that. But I think I got over those things, and now I accept them as part of it.

Happy new Lost!!!!
I'll talk about it with you after I get and watch it!

[alliecat8.livejournal.com]

I always come back because I've never been that disappointed in the first place.

I like that about you -- I can always count on you to be objective about things that make me crazy. :) Maybe it's because when I started writing certain characters I developed a bad case of "character ownership," and I can't stand it when they do something with them that *I* wouldn't do. Crazy-making, I tell you! But it helps to have level-headed friends. *hugs*

[sacre-blah.livejournal.com]

I ♥ Lost. Good, bad or indifferent I'm in it for the duration.

Whatever happens in canon, I don't care. Not a jot.

I used to think I did, but I don't. As long as Jack and Sawyer are still in the mix they can do just about what the hell they like with the plot. Well not too much hurty for the boys. Obviously.

I just bask in the joy that is fandom and let JJ et al get the hell on with it.

Yeah, love it. But I want to emphasise the 'not too much hurty'. Especially Sawyer. He’s always getting shafted ... and not in a good way ;-)

[alliecat8.livejournal.com]

As long as Jack and Sawyer are still in the mix they can do just about what the hell they like with the plot.

WORD.

Well not too much hurty for the boys.

...and MORE word. Just as long as they don't mess with my guys too much, they've got me til the end. But MAN does my temper blow when they pick on Sawyer, and they *love* it! *shakes writers til their teeth rattle, just to see if THEY like how it feels*

[mysticxf.livejournal.com]

I'm here because they've created a group of people who I love and am absolutely fascinated with -- which is also why despite the occasional hurting (or cage humping) I can't turn away. But I think that even if the end is bitter, it'll make sense. I still have confidence (and maybe it makes me naive) that the writers know what they're doing, that they have a plan, and that when it's all over it'll make sense. Maybe not COMPLETE sense, but sense enough where I'll sigh and say, "That was an interesting journey," and be happy to say it.

*squishy hugs*

[alliecat8.livejournal.com]

Heh, I have turned away from the cage humping many, many times. At least we can still cover our eyes when we need to. ;)

But I'm glad we're in this thing together, even so! (And I agree, I think in the end we'll say it was an interesting -- if not entirely sane -- ride.)

[eponine119.livejournal.com]

Lost has never been the show I wanted it to be. I almost turned off the pilot cause it bored the hell out of me.

I used to have a rule, for me to watch a show, it had to have one of two things: 1. excellent writing OR 2. a very hot guy.

Thank god Sawyer is still pretty.

Beyond that, I hate not knowing how stories end. Sometimes my frustration gets big enough for me to walk away not knowing. I haven't gotten there with Lost yet. Fandom helps.

[alliecat8.livejournal.com]

The pilot bored you? Really? I saw the commercials and had every intention of watching it, and then flaked out and missed it...does this surprise you at all? ;)

But there've only been two times in my life when I've watched a show for the first time and said, "Hey, I LIKE this!" and that was with the Pilot pt. 2, and FNL.

And yeah, Sawyer's hair makes up for a host of writers' sins. *nods*

(Just curious, if Lost were a book, would you skip to the end?)

[eponine119.livejournal.com]

Yes, the pilot bored me. I wanted a PLANE CRASH. They took too long to get to it.

I think if Lost was a book it would be one of those ones I would be straining to read slowly to savor every moment, knowing it would eventually end. Those books are pretty rare for me. I usually only skip to the end of love triangle romance novels, when I want a preview of who she picks.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

I don't think iut's an abusive BF - I think it's a real one. Sometimes it sucks, sometimes it's ok, and sometimes it makes my heart sing.

[alliecat8.livejournal.com]

And sometimes it goes away for 8 months, bah! You are a very patient girlfriend. :D

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

Yes, I really am :D Probably because 1: I'm an abusive or at least thoughless girlfriend, and 2: I've had far WORSE boyfriends ;)

[siluria]

For me, it's because I have to know what happens to these characters. I HAVE to.

This is the only fandom where I have never missed an episode - even the bad ones. I cannot miss anything. I cannot miss finding out what it's all about, what it all means, who lives and dies, why they live and die, what their stories are, why and how they've changed, building up a true representation of the characters through flashbacks and now forwards.... I can't not watch, whether I'm liking it or not!!! I'm doomed :)

[alliecat8.livejournal.com]

I've never missed one either, not since the Pilot -- watching Lost is an Event in my household. It's the only time that even my teenager will sit down and watch tv with me. I think I would go through actual withdrawal if a new ep aired and I had to miss it for some reason. If we're doomed, at least we're doomed together. :)

[siluria]

Company is good :)

[jenthegypsy.livejournal.com]

I must be the only person in the fandom that's never strayed. I've stood by the show through thick and thin - sometimes I just quieten down during the thin times, but I've always kept the love alive. Fanfic fixes fuck-ups, and eventually fuck-ups right themselves. If we all just held out until the box sets came out and watched each season start to finish in a marathon, I think we'd see that each season healed itself...

... with the one exception of the actions of the Murdering Rat Bastard at the end of season 2, for which he should have been drawn and quartered, had his guts handed to himself in a basket woven from the hairs of his own head, plucked one at a time before the drawing and quartering, of course, and his not-quite dead remains splayed across a fire-ant hill in the blazing sun. But I'm an optimist - there is still time for tptb to bring about this most justified end.

I'll just sit here and wait patiently until they do.

[alliecat8.livejournal.com]

eventually fuck-ups right themselves.

I keep trying to remind myself of that, so thanks for reinforcing it! Sometimes I just lose patience...but I don't think I've ever gotten so frustrated I've considered walking away. In that respect I've never strayed, but my loyalty to certain characters has.

*pets and cuddles Jack and begs for forgiveness*

If they followed your suggestion ^^^ for the Murdering Rat Bastard's fate, they'd go off the charts in the ratings. People would pay gazillions of dollars to see it. There would be fireworks, dancing in the streets! And you say it's inevitable? *off to buy champagne, noisemakers and a party hat!*