Question

[damelola]

For those of you who will continue to watch House next season:

WHY?

This is not intended as an attack, I swear.  You know I don't pick fights with my friends (random trolls and evil people on the other hand...).  But how are you justifying it to yourselves?  Is it just a case of 'I've started so I have to finish'?  I mean, I know some of y'all would

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[damelola]

I can see that, and I daresay I'll keep up on what's happening through Twitter, and I'll probably watch the finale if s8 turns out to be the end. I just feel sort of... betrayed? If that makes sense. Like, this is not in fact the show I used to watch, even though the characters have the same names and faces. But yeah, I still kinda want to know if they all get hit by an asteroid or whatever.

[damelola]

I'm reading as well that she was disciplined/threatened with sanctions over supporting the redefining rape campaign? Sure, FOX is a conservative whackjob of a network, but that doesn't mean this shit should go unchallenged.

(It's lovely having you back! I was a tool <3)

[chippers87]

Next fall, I will have a class on Monday nights from 6-9pm, so if I watch House at any point from September to December, it will have to be on purpose and not just out of force of habit

[damelola]

That's a good point - and I'm conscious of not crossing that line myself. Like, I feel if something sells out or declines in quality, a fan is entitled to call it out as such. Slinking away in silence is accepting 'less than' and so yeah, to a point speak up and say this isn't good enough.

But personally, having reached this breaking point (having flirted with it throughout s7) I don't want to watch something just to be mean. If some people are still enjoying it fine, but I suppose my question here is how are people enjoying it in spite of certain issues - that's just pure curiosity on my part (and yes, a little sadness that I can't overlook some stuff and still enjoy it).

I hope that my criticism in recent days hasn't been taken personally by remaining fans though, amongst my friends at least. But I like to think I'm open to criticism of things I like without it ruining my own affection for it, so... :)

[chippers87]

Totally. I do think that someone should say their piece (or is it peace? I'm never sure), and your criticisms definitely play a role in how I perceive an episode. At some point, though, you just have to move on. I remember I saw Yaitanes say once that he can tell how well an episode was taken by how much feedback he got on Twitter, as opposed to what was being exactly said to him. Even when fans say horrible things to TPTB, they know that people care enough to have a reaction. I wonder, purely out of curiosity, what would happen if it became obvious that we just didn't care anymore

[flippet]

Well, I think I've sort of come to the end, and it's mainly character assassination. And strangely, Cuddy's more than House's, even though I've never watched 'for' Cuddy. But I am sensitive to how she treats my boy, and when that started changing inexplicably, I started standing back. I wanted to give the writers time to straighten things out - I'm well aware that with anything literary, and especially with a 'mystery' bent, things aren't always what they seem, but will be explained later. I was waiting for the explanation. But the explanation seems to be 'nope, she's really like that, and what's the problem

[damelola]

Well, to quote Cameron "Nice try, but you're a misanthrope, not a misogynist", re: House. He was quite capable of treating Stacy with love and respect. He has a healthy enough relationship with his mother. He never seemed to 'hate' women before, even though he mocked or made cruel remarks, there was always an underlying respect and curiosity (e.g. with Amber

[spoggly]

i might be cynical, but to me it strongly recalls the "woman in the refrigerator" syndrome common in comics - the majority of the women, and the vast majority of their "reasons" to be in the show or plotlines, revolved around giving motivation to the male characters, mainly house

quite a lot of it has to do with house being the main character, and that alone is just because, hey, title character vs. other characters. but when it's basically every single character, and every single motivation?

[copper_season]

I've decided that I'm going to stick to the older seasons and then see how I feel about next season. At this point I think that unless there are major changes, I won't watch next season... maybe the finale and that's about it.

[damelola]

Seems like a balanced way of looking at it! I'm willing for the show to prove me wrong, but I don't know how a show with one female (supporting) actress can paint a balanced picture. Since I don't care about Chase (character ruined), Foreman (character abandoned) or Taub (character pointless) I don't really need to watch just for House and Wilson. I'd watch Sherlock if I wanted that dynamic and not much else, I think?

[damelola]

This is the side I haven't seen much of tbh, so I'm really grateful you took the time to comment

[flippet]

I honestly think that if we let the mass media pass un-analysed then yes, we get into that learned behaviour argument.Hm...trying to gather my thoughts on this one