04-04-2017, 09:33 AM
How a person views this is also affected, I suppose, by how much of a remove one views the show and it's characters from. If a person remains coldly dispassionate, as if they're viewing bugs under glass, then a cruel expectation seems in line. I, on the other hand, get very emotionally invested. After spending years with characters, they become like family, and the idea of anything bad happening to them is hurtful. I don't get so attached to every show, but Grimm is high on that list for me. There are shows that I would say are fundamentally better, and yet I'm not as personally connected to. Maybe it's something about the fantasy genre that brings this sensibility into stark relief. I feel that people tend to view shows in either a plot centered or character centered fashion. If you come from a plot orientation, the personal connection you have to the characters tends to be secondary, and whatever happens to them leaves no lingering scars. For the most part, I'm very character oriented. Plot failings will happen, special effects might be lackluster and the occasional story thread may be capriciously abandoned, but I'll let that slide because it's the people I care about.
I could never fathom an ending where the writers would torture needlessly, the characters I love as much as they do. I'll take that happy ending, thank you. It can be bittersweet, but it's got to honor the characters in a heart felt manner. If we don't get that, it lingers with me like a sore spot that'll never heal. I've already got a few shows who have left me like that, and I don't welcome another.
I could never fathom an ending where the writers would torture needlessly, the characters I love as much as they do. I'll take that happy ending, thank you. It can be bittersweet, but it's got to honor the characters in a heart felt manner. If we don't get that, it lingers with me like a sore spot that'll never heal. I've already got a few shows who have left me like that, and I don't welcome another.