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I have a couple of friends who have said about spoilers that even an episode reaction is a spoiler. I didn't understand this, but I have tried to respect it.* Now I understand.
We can't all watch on the same schedule. Those of us in the US may get a UK episode later the same day or months later. Those in the UK may get a US episode later the same day or months later. And those of us with busy lives—which is everyone, right?—may have to wait to see something because they're working, or they watch with family members and have to wait until everyone's available, or there just enough hours in the day.
When I say I understand, it's because the back half of the latest Downton Abbey was heavily spoiled for me, but I am in the enviable(?) position of being able to explain without being angry at any one. This really is no one person's fault (except for the last straw in TV Guide). No one should feel bad, even if you posted something about DA. But now I can explain in detail how even a brief episode reaction can spoil someone else terribly.
Read further only if you have either already seen the most recent season of Downton Abbey or don't intend to watch. Serious spoilers.
( Cut text because it would be horrible to complain about spoilers for Downton Abbey and then spoil my readers for it )
Thus I will hide even my episode reactions under a cut (although I understand that certain journal styles are sometimes revealing what's behind a cut, and I sincerely apologize if that happens to any readers from any of my posts, including this one). I've realized that if I post that I liked an episode of, say, White Collar, people who know what I like on WC will know what an episode probably did and didn't contain; if I post that I didn't like an episode, they're going to have some darned good guesses about why.
Again, no blame and no guilt for anyone. Except TV Guide, which acted like everyone had already seen an episode that hadn't yet aired in this country. (Okay, maybe only my family and my parents hadn't seen it yet. Still.) I'm just adding my plea to keep even emotional reactions under a cut.
And I know I'm doomed as soon as Sherlock starts up again in the UK, but we do what we can, right?
* I know I goof up—I once sent an email (when I still used email to tell people I had written a new fic) that contained a spoiler for an episode of SGA in my description for the story. Someone pointed it out to me and I revised the description on my website, but of course anyone who got that first email already knew what had happened in the episode.
† See how careful I'm being? I haven't even named the show or given the gender of the actor! It only took two tries to get it right. (I did get it right this time, didn't I?)
We can't all watch on the same schedule. Those of us in the US may get a UK episode later the same day or months later. Those in the UK may get a US episode later the same day or months later. And those of us with busy lives—which is everyone, right?—may have to wait to see something because they're working, or they watch with family members and have to wait until everyone's available, or there just enough hours in the day.
When I say I understand, it's because the back half of the latest Downton Abbey was heavily spoiled for me, but I am in the enviable(?) position of being able to explain without being angry at any one. This really is no one person's fault (except for the last straw in TV Guide). No one should feel bad, even if you posted something about DA. But now I can explain in detail how even a brief episode reaction can spoil someone else terribly.
Read further only if you have either already seen the most recent season of Downton Abbey or don't intend to watch. Serious spoilers.
( Cut text because it would be horrible to complain about spoilers for Downton Abbey and then spoil my readers for it )
Thus I will hide even my episode reactions under a cut (although I understand that certain journal styles are sometimes revealing what's behind a cut, and I sincerely apologize if that happens to any readers from any of my posts, including this one). I've realized that if I post that I liked an episode of, say, White Collar, people who know what I like on WC will know what an episode probably did and didn't contain; if I post that I didn't like an episode, they're going to have some darned good guesses about why.
Again, no blame and no guilt for anyone. Except TV Guide, which acted like everyone had already seen an episode that hadn't yet aired in this country. (Okay, maybe only my family and my parents hadn't seen it yet. Still.) I'm just adding my plea to keep even emotional reactions under a cut.
And I know I'm doomed as soon as Sherlock starts up again in the UK, but we do what we can, right?
* I know I goof up—I once sent an email (when I still used email to tell people I had written a new fic) that contained a spoiler for an episode of SGA in my description for the story. Someone pointed it out to me and I revised the description on my website, but of course anyone who got that first email already knew what had happened in the episode.
† See how careful I'm being? I haven't even named the show or given the gender of the actor! It only took two tries to get it right. (I did get it right this time, didn't I?)
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