| New Fan
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 44
| Hi guys. I thought I’d stop by to say hi to all my fellow Gizzie lovers and let you know that I’ll be fighting with you to the end. I know we have NOTHING to look forward to this season and it’s really annoying and frustrating. It’s similar to the ridiculous love triangle in Lost, trying to please all fanbases, but in Lost they at least have the decency to sort of put the puzzle pieces together, plus it’s not a show focused on couples, so it makes it much easier, at least for me, to watch. I don’t get a credible love story, but at least I get entertainment. While in Grey’s…this show IS about people and their feelings and this mess of a story that Shonda is trying to sell us…yeah, I tried, last season. But she lost me. I can’t understand any on the directions that she’s trying to go to. I do believe listening to your audience is important…but hey, if you listen to every single complaint you’ll never have a real show. It’s like I’d try to live my life as all my acquaintances would like me to. X wants me to sleep with a random guy and leave my family, I do it; Y wants me to leave my job and try to be a singer, I do it (even if I can’t even sing a note), etc etc etc. That, Shonda, just doesn’t work. At the end of the day (=series), when you look back, what are you going to see? A mess. Your ideas, which blended into your initial story line, mixed with other people’s ideas and shaken until nothing understandable remains. I agree with Joseba which usually warns us that in this kind of series we can’t possibly expect 100% consistency and logical developments, but, really, a beginner could have handled the George and Izzie “end”, if that is what she really wanted to do, WAY BETTER. The way Shonda did it just made us all bitter and purely disappointed and now going BACK to old couples that we already know DID NOT work…oh man. Well, too bad. I really did expect her to be less of a coward and stick to her ideas, and only listen to constructive criticism (such as: you need better medical cases, you need more fun etc etc, NOT character “x” needs to do action “y” – I mean, do you expect US to be writing the show? Well, many people here would do a great job  ).
But let me tell you why I won’t give up. Because, despite all the bitterness and disappointment, when I’m really stressed and tired and when I go through really tough times (such as right now, very stressful situation for a few months), when I’m even afraid to make any plans concerning my future life (and my family’s), there is only ONE thing that relaxes me, and that is the way Katie and TR showed us that people can actually find so much thrill and deep emotions and beauty in each other. I really need to be reminded of this when I’m worried about the future (all these professional decisions, urgh). I really need to remember that old friends and lovers are there no matter what and these connections can NEVER be destroyed. So I watch George and Izzie’s scenes or I read your lovely fictions  . And then if I go on, what do I see? Oh yeah, best friends become complete strangers, can’t even talk anymore, old abusive relationships take precedence, feelings can be changed like clothes every week, life has no exact meaning blah, blah . I choose not to believe that. I chose to believe in love and honesty and sweetness and deep feelings, therefore I have no choice but write to Shonda every time I can that she has made a mistake by changing her mind for no reason.
PS: Wonderful 100th thread, guys! I loved the OP and all the arts. Keep fighting  |