Members marceline Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 Everytime I start to miss AMC, I just remember how wretchedly that actor and character was wasted and my nostalgia evaporates instantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ~bl~ Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 I think it is frustrating when people create couple nicknames the second two characters interact on screen and internet communities are created. I actually liked the idea of Ethina and felt since Kristina had feelings for him it wasn't too unreasonable of an idea. There are some couples I secret "ship" in a OMG that would be cool, but I don't go around looking for people to create a groundswell of support. I tend to go for cannon pairings, for whatever reason and enjoy looking for random scenes from years earlier with those characters and see if I can see a connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 It was unreasonable when they started hardcore campaigning and calling Maya a bedwarmer and joking about sending suicide threats to the studio if they don't get therr pairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ~bl~ Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 Seriously they did that, frequentsoapfan. Yikes that is too far, when I said unreasonable I meant the idea of the pairing wasn't out of left field, not the actions of the viewers who wanted that pairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 I'll give you CSJ being wasted on DV, but I still don't think that there was anything more there than great friendship chemistry between Frankie and Madison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 Yes they did and that was just over the pairing when Lexi got fired they threatened to send death threats so she would be hired again. And alot of them had multiple accounts on the same message boards so they could spam the boards and prove how well like their couple was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 Oh, I'll definitely agree about Madison being thrown under the bus for Ryan/Greenlee and Frankie being on the backburner with his chemistry void of a love interest. However, I simply couldn't see Frankie/Madison as being more than friends because I truly didn't get that vibe between those two characters. Making them that would've just come across as lazy, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 That happens with every couple though even the popular couples or so called popular. And just because a few people online are more rabid and obsessed like Liason and EJ and Sami fans doesn't make then more popular than those non shipped or less shipped couples. The death threats stuff is not unique which is why I blame the shows for feeding these ugly fanbase wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 I agree and will add that this ties into my initial UO about not seeing the point of 'shipping almost-maybe-could've-should've "couples". It's annoying as hell - especially when they get pissed off that their "couple" isn't as revered as, well, the actual and official couples that exist beyond a one-night stand, random booty calls, or once-in-a-blue moon kiss... There's a reason why a Frodd/Evangeline (for example) will never be taken as seriously as a Frodd/Tea or a Blair/Max (as dysfunctional as the latter two couples were). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 Suicide threats to the studio? Ohhhh-kay. I knew about the constant racist cracks against Maya, but suicide threats to ABCD? Jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 I don't understand how suicide threats are supposed to motivate TPTB. "I'm going to kill myself if X and Y don't get together!" is pretty much the definition of a self-resolving problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 Under normal circumstances, marceline, I'd agree. But if an actor can be re-hired because someone sent the new EP a pretty floral arrangement.... *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 That would require logic - something that some folks clearly don't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 Who did that happen to? I don't get using a few vocal online or even PA fans to try and say so and so is a big popular couple neither are a decent measure of the overall fansbase and most of the time online it's split down the middle over who likes what couple and who hates what couple but the louder people apparently choose which is a popular couple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SweetPea36 Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 With Cartooni, it seems to come down to whichever fanbase makes the most noise on Twitter and FB. Interesting that the most vocal don't seem to be able to bring the numbers and the ratings keep falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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