Well, I kind of explained my shipping course on Epics the other day. In the full version there are a couple of things that will keep me from shipping a couple. Like I don't ship couples on shows that are largely procedurals anymore - because of Mulder and Scully. I think if the relationship hasn't moved from UST after three seasons it will be fucked up, see Bones and now Castle.
And I have a real issue with characters who aren't equally developed. This is oddly one of my biggest issues with Anders. He was simply never a character with enough 'there' for me to invest. He could have died at the end of season 2 or beginning of 3 and had much the same effect on the story, at least for me. In fact, it could have been better because it would have added a twist to him being a cylon, but that's beside the point. Because I wouldn't have thought beyond 'he frakked my ship' if I hadn't been able to discuss semi-constructively why people did or did not like Anders. I think people miss that opportunity when they want everyone to be 'nice'.
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Date: 2013-09-26 05:35 am (UTC)And I have a real issue with characters who aren't equally developed. This is oddly one of my biggest issues with Anders. He was simply never a character with enough 'there' for me to invest. He could have died at the end of season 2 or beginning of 3 and had much the same effect on the story, at least for me. In fact, it could have been better because it would have added a twist to him being a cylon, but that's beside the point. Because I wouldn't have thought beyond 'he frakked my ship' if I hadn't been able to discuss semi-constructively why people did or did not like Anders. I think people miss that opportunity when they want everyone to be 'nice'.