Yessss, I've been thinking a lot about endings this month! I don't watch
GoT because reasons, but it has been fascinating to watch
fannishly mainstream reactions (I say, casually dismissing a million fans
crying out in agony) to something.
I absolutely think it's about respect, although I often frame it as
dignity, or sometimes wholeness of character -- the entire arc should be a
cohesive person, and the entire story should hang together as
a...unfinished piece, or finished insofar as it clearly weaves into the
rest of the (unspoken) world. And I know endings are hard, they are, but
also! Professional storytellers! It also feels often like a confusion about
what stories are supposed to be doing for their audience, why they've
been made—but also, I am spoiled rotten in fandom with an abundance
of respectful endings.
Anyway I have no feelings about this whatsoever, clearly.
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Date: 2019-05-29 02:44 pm (UTC)Yessss, I've been thinking a lot about endings this month! I don't watch GoT because reasons, but it has been fascinating to watch fannishly mainstream reactions (I say, casually dismissing a million fans crying out in agony) to something.
I absolutely think it's about respect, although I often frame it as dignity, or sometimes wholeness of character -- the entire arc should be a cohesive person, and the entire story should hang together as a...unfinished piece, or finished insofar as it clearly weaves into the rest of the (unspoken) world. And I know endings are hard, they are, but also! Professional storytellers! It also feels often like a confusion about what stories are supposed to be doing for their audience, why they've been made—but also, I am spoiled rotten in fandom with an abundance of respectful endings.
Anyway I have no feelings about this whatsoever, clearly.