Jon B and I were on the same side of the fence, as I recall.
I was OK with being mad about it, because it was because of my involvement with the story and characters, not because it was an asspull, if that makes any sense.
Man, I *loved* that show.
I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.
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Nora Deirdre - Mar 03, 2009 3:37:52 pm PST #7062 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
quester - Mar 03, 2009 3:45:06 pm PST #7063 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I hated that ending! I wanted Sam to spend some time investigating whether the stuff he thought had happened really had.
If he decided to "go back" after that, I might have been ok.
JenP - Mar 03, 2009 3:46:18 pm PST #7064 of 30001
Oh, yeah - Jon B and Nora didn't like the suicide, but they, you know, accepted that that's what happened. Me? I didn't like it, so I made something BETTER up. Of course, it wasn't actually better - more like delusional - but it was working for me at the time!
Man, I *loved* that show.
Me, too. Me. Too.
Liese S. - Mar 03, 2009 4:59:57 pm PST #7065 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hee. I love Jen & her delusion. I am so far on her side that I didn't end up watching the show! Heh. I would have gone ballistic. I can't stand that sort of ending, not the least because we do periodically have to deal with actual suicide, and it doesn't have any shiny or happy or 70s on it at all.
§ ita § - Mar 03, 2009 5:02:28 pm PST #7066 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think it was portrayed as either shiny or happy. I mean, when it's made apparent, it's a sad moment. It's the preferable choice, but I still found it sad.
JenP - Mar 03, 2009 5:09:39 pm PST #7067 of 30001
Exactly, which is why I didn't like it. I didn't think it was shiny or happy either; I'm saying, I wanted something shiny and happy. Sucked for me, but... was what it was.
Oh, der. You were responding to Liese. I just wanted to be clear that I found no shiny or happy there.
Liese S. - Mar 03, 2009 5:13:04 pm PST #7068 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I guess that's the thing, though, right? That there was a choice to be made and in the end suicide was the best choice. Suicide was what was necessary to be happy, or at least to avoid a worse sadness. That's not a show that I could have enjoyed given that it ended that way.
Liese S. - Mar 03, 2009 5:12:47 pm PST #7069 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Which is a shame to me because from everything else I heard about it I would have otherwise really really loved it. But that's just where my headspace was at the time it was airing.
JenP - Mar 03, 2009 5:27:25 pm PST #7070 of 30001
Totally get that. It's like I have this "Wait, Ben and Glory are related?" glamour about the end... it's in place most of the time.
It really was a fantastic show.
§ ita § - Mar 03, 2009 5:37:15 pm PST #7071 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think there's a distinction between happy and less sad, and I think the show was quite clear about him avoiding a deep unhappiness. (eta: to Liese, and not to disagree with you, Jen)