Hi everyone! I haven't been able to get online in a really long time because of personal stuff.
I've heard that people are boycotting CSI just because of GSR being canon... Can't they just be happy for us who support them and just let it take a while to see what happens before they judge it?!
Firstly, I'm sorry to hear that you have personal problems. If you want to talk them out, my PM box is always open.
Secondly... just like it's irrational to like a pairing (hear me out) it's irrational to dislike one. I mean, do we get any tangible satisfaction from shipping? And is it about liking that two people are together, or is it truly about "winning" - backing your "team", in a sense? Now, of course, I ship, so I'm not bad-mouthing it in general, but I think that for the people who saw it as a competition, now that they've lost, they can't watch the show the way that they used to when all options were relatively open. Generally, I think, the people who are more interactive in viewership, want to feel like they're a part of the show. We feel validated in that the show "chose" to go with our ship, and they feel betrayed - because they spent the time and the energy posting, discussing, etc.
So... yes, they could just be happy, but I think you're asking it from a group of people who feel emotionally hurt, or at least have had their pride wounded in a strange way.
And this is why I think the average viewer, even the one who didn't like Grissom and Sara together, just didn't care that much. Maybe they watched GA because they wanted to see the resolution to the cliffhanger, and I'll bet even pro-GSR people watched GA instead. Such is life. They don't feel the need to "back" CSI the way we might because, again, they don't feel committed.
yeah, also the age difference argument is ... gotta say this - completely without sense. WHAT age difference? 15 yrs? pleeease, give me a break. if i was to hook up with him, that'd be an age difference, 30 yrs, lol. but 15? i just can't believe people can be so two-faced, ya know? on one hand asking for tolerance for certain sexual preferences, and on the other discriminating a 15 years age difference.
It would be a bigger deal if there were a couple of variables - first of all, what age they both are. If you're 65 and your boyfriend is 80... who cares? If you're 19 and your boyfriend is 34... I think it raises a few more eyebrows. But really - emotional age is the bigger factor, and neither of them seems all that immature or unable to cope with a relationship. There are people who are the same age who are emotionally incompatible.
and yeah, saying GSR's wrong b/c of AD and saying Gofia, Kessom are ok, when both of the women are approximately the same age as Sara, strongly suggests that the argument is missed, and is just a lame excuse to bash a ship.
Precisely. Which is why I keep coming back to it being about a dislike of Sara.
i actually don't understand why people are so obsessed over age difference
i mean, i think all that matters is that the people have feelings for each other
by the way, aren't Billy and his wife about 15 yrs apart also, or something like that?
Twenty-one, actually. So I really, really doubt that he - pardon my french - gives a fuck.
That's the other argument I find great - someone like Grissom would never be attracted to someone like Sara.
Yes, I mean - can you guys imagine Billy with a younger, thin brunette woman? It's laughable. Ha. Ha... *cough*
I think part of the problem is that people who object to the age difference just see it as so foreign that they can't accept it.. people whose husbands or wives are close in age to them or whatever. Another thing is, an age difference of 15 years is really not all that uncommon amongst the intellectual elite. Really intelligent people in the top 5% and upwards (such as Grissom and Sara) often gravitate to older or younger people of similar intellect, because they are so rare that if you connect with an equal on a romantic level, you snap them up. Likely those that object GSR so strenuously because of the age difference are just not familiar with such circumstances.
Right. I think that's another good point - if you really want someone who's intellectual, I think the physical just factors less. People, through media and culture norms, have been taught that couples should "look alike" or at least seem to 'fit' with each other. Mentally, they do fit, and that, to people like them, is more important.
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Ziggy's only saying this cuz she's shacking up with an older man. Cough. Jail bait.
Oh, and Sarah, of course you're welcome to come back for part two this Thursday. If you want to make it a regular, or semi-regular thing that's fine too. It's up to you, but you're always welcome on CSI day- we'll just be slowly driving poor Malcolm nutsoid
HUZZAH! Well, I just figured, part one is only like half an episode. And it would be rude to get up halfway through an episode and leave. *Nods*. Plus I have a hard as hell Spanish exam this week and I need some fun time.
....so...many...spoilers!!! IT'S NOT FAIR!!!!
Oh well. I am spoiler free this season. I am spoiler free! *repeats into oblivion*
By the way, the thread name is great. I haven't been on the GSR threads recently, and didn't know about it! I must keep up with you people!
Yes you must, young lady! I won't allow you not to post! BAH! BAH!!
I'm not okay.
Anyway - spoiler-free? I suppose it's a little easier now that they're together, and I'm wishing more and more I had the will to do so.
I totally agree with you on the Snakes/Butterflied connection. The Snakes confrontation almost felt like she was "letting him off the hook".. like 'I get it now, I understand you can't do this, and it's okay. I'm sad, but it's okay.'
Well, they both seemed to be saying, "I really like you, but it's cool that you don't". I never realized the connection between those two scenes, but it's interesting. They're both so clueless *huggles my geeks*
I own it too.
