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chrisanthem ([info]chrisanthem) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2004-08-29 23:40:00


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Entry tags:fandom: smallville

When spoilers attack!
They're big, they're bad, and they've blindsided the cornfed fandom of Smallville! At first, no one was quite sure whether the uncut revelation of a promotional picture seen in newspapers and billboards across the country was an in-your-face attack on spoiler-phobes or a simple matter of not using the proper code to hide the seemingly innocuous picture of The WB's Pretty Couple.

The post that followed neither apologized for the spoilerage nor condoned it, instead insisting spoiler hos should be thanked for cutting when they do because it is a hardship of Herculean proportions to cut-tag a post properly. The confusion generated by this post has become of Herculean proportions itself, hos and phobes duking it out to define what a spoiler is, spell out the rules of spoilerage courtesy, and make veiled threats of (oh my!) a possible spoilerho cut tag coup.

All in all, a dissension in fandom Lex Luthor himself would be proud of.



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[info]misswindy
2004-08-30 07:00 am UTC (link)
instead insisting spoiler hos should be thanked for cutting when they do because it is a hardship of Herculean proportions to cut-tag a post properly.

To paraphrase Chandler Bing... could this wank BE more biased? That isn't remotely what she's saying.

Also, it's her journal. She's a site admin on a spoiler site. Why should she have to do anything she doesn't want to do on her own LJ again? To make YOU happy? Please.

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[info]ignatius
2004-08-30 07:15 am UTC (link)
I don't think the report was very biased. The poster mocked the spoilerphobes, too, by pointing out the promotional picture was wide-spread. And describing having to cut-tag as "difficult" and requiring of "thinking, patience, and energy" seems a bit over the top to me.

I mean, ideologically, I agree with you that she shouldn't recieve any flack for posting that uncut. I just don't think the report was biased, just all around snarky.

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(no subject) - [info]misswindy, 2004-08-30 07:22 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2004-08-30 01:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lexualhealing, 2004-08-30 01:59 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2004-08-30 11:44 pm UTC

[info]lexualhealing
2004-08-30 07:11 am UTC (link)
I was waiting for this to get here. What took you so long?

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[info]silvernutmeg
2004-08-30 07:14 am UTC (link)
Now, call me crazy, or stupid, or both (it certainly wouldn't be the first time), but ...

Promotional pictures? Are not spoilers. They are teasers. They're supposed to, you know, whet your appetite for what's actually going to happen. Not ruin the end.

To use an example from a fandom that I actually know anything about (besides the basics, like Michael Rosenbaum is pretty and Clark and Lex's love is so true), teasers are what was written on the inner flap of the dust jacket of Order of the Phoenix. Spoilers are Sirius dies!1!!111!

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[info]ignatius
2004-08-30 07:20 am UTC (link)
OMG, Sirius dies!11??!1? So that's what [info]deaddogparty was all about.

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[info]oysteria
2004-08-30 07:21 am UTC (link)
HE DIES?

::weeps, wails, gnashes teeth, threatens certain death, gets over it::

just kidding

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(no subject) - [info]misswindy, 2004-08-30 07:58 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lexualhealing, 2004-08-30 08:01 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]misswindy, 2004-08-30 08:09 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ladylynx, 2004-08-30 08:11 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lexualhealing, 2004-08-30 08:23 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]misswindy, 2004-08-30 08:26 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2004-08-30 08:53 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]goldberry, 2004-08-30 09:46 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]grapefruitzzz, 2004-08-30 01:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]goldberry, 2004-08-31 05:46 am UTC
Dang, my vid gets everywhere - [info]valarltd, 2004-08-30 03:22 pm UTC
Re: Dang, my vid gets everywhere - [info]beccastareyes, 2004-08-30 04:07 pm UTC
Re: Dang, my vid gets everywhere - [info]valarltd, 2004-08-30 05:25 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]singe, 2004-08-30 04:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]pokecheck, 2004-08-30 09:23 am UTC
(no subject) - bigi, 2004-08-30 09:37 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pokecheck, 2004-08-30 11:41 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pokecheck, 2004-08-30 11:41 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_bad_wolf, 2004-08-30 04:05 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]elfy, 2004-08-30 10:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]zarla, 2004-08-31 03:27 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]adinaj69, 2004-08-30 12:02 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]singe, 2004-08-30 04:52 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]misswindy, 2004-08-30 05:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kindest_demon, 2004-08-30 09:36 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]zozma, 2004-08-31 02:02 am UTC

[info]peeksie
2004-08-30 07:40 am UTC (link)
Usually I would totally agree with you 'cept this promo picture is introducing somebody super (ha ha) important from Clark's future coming on the show unexpectedly. (I'd be more specific except then I'd get in trouble too!) It's not quite Sirius dies but it is kinda like OMG Sirius Black the crazy escaped guy was James' best friend??

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(no subject) - [info]silvernutmeg, 2004-08-30 07:45 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2004-08-30 07:52 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]peeksie, 2004-08-30 08:01 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]misswindy, 2004-08-30 08:20 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]peeksie, 2004-08-30 08:28 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]silvernutmeg, 2004-08-30 09:11 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ladylynx, 2004-08-30 09:58 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2004-08-30 08:20 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]epeeblade, 2004-08-31 03:38 am UTC

[info]grapefruitzzz
2004-08-30 01:37 pm UTC (link)
HE ATE'NT DED!!!111

He is merely taking a well-deserved break from all that werewolf pr0n.

With Lex.

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[info]ladylynx
2004-08-30 07:32 am UTC (link)
Oh, I didn't see this coming. Oh woe is me. :P

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(Anonymous)
2004-08-30 05:09 pm UTC (link)
Gotta tell you, though... that spoiler you're bitching about? Clark and Lois?

*pssssst* That's not a spoiler. :P

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(no subject) - [info]ladylynx, 2004-08-30 06:59 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]pfeffermuse, 2004-08-31 08:53 am UTC
Weird - [info]pfeffermuse, 2004-08-31 11:15 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2004-08-30 07:46 am UTC (link)
Jeezus effing Christ. You'd think people in Smallville fandom had nothing better to do.

Oops, waitaminnit, the new season doesn't start for another month -- so I guess they don't! :PP

~bittermint

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bigi
2004-08-30 08:13 am UTC (link)
Honestly, some people need to learn what a spoiler is - once they show ads on tv or put up bilboards (both of which have happened already) presenting said character then it's not a spoiler anymore.

Considering that a large portion of the online SV fandom knew about this character for the past 2 or 3 months I think the spoilerphobes should be happy at the restraint shown by the vast majority of the fandom.

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(Anonymous)
2004-08-30 08:19 am UTC (link)
Yeah, you know I keep seeing posts that go "casting spoiler that makes people squee" and I open them in anticipation and when I see it, I'm all "what, they're still going on about that one? Such old news..."

- suzycat

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Even if PR pictures and billboards were spoilers...
(Anonymous)
2004-08-30 08:40 am UTC (link)
How can it POSSIBLY be a spoiler to reveal that a Lois character will be making an entrance into a show about SUPERMAN?

HE'S SUPERMAN! HE'S IN LOVE WITH LOIS LANE! IT'S HIS -ONLY- PERSONALITY TRAIT!!

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Re: Even if PR pictures and billboards were spoilers...
[info]misswindy
2004-08-30 08:48 am UTC (link)
ROFLMAO!!!

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Re: Even if PR pictures and billboards were spoilers...
[info]ladylynx
2004-08-30 09:04 am UTC (link)
It would be, considering that canonwise, Lois never goes to SV. Then again, canon? What's that? LOL.

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Re: Even if PR pictures and billboards were spoilers... - [info]lexualhealing, 2004-08-30 09:09 am UTC
Re: Even if PR pictures and billboards were spoilers... - [info]ladylynx, 2004-08-30 09:18 am UTC
Re: Even if PR pictures and billboards were spoilers... - [info]ereshkigal, 2004-08-30 05:39 pm UTC
Re: Even if PR pictures and billboards were spoilers... - [info]adinaj69, 2004-08-30 12:12 pm UTC
Re: Even if PR pictures and billboards were spoilers... - [info]mister_terrific, 2004-08-30 02:41 pm UTC
Re: Even if PR pictures and billboards were spoilers... - [info]misswindy, 2004-08-30 05:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sepiamagpie, 2004-08-31 04:36 am UTC
Re: Even if PR pictures and billboards were spoilers... - [info]mistressrenet, 2004-08-30 03:43 pm UTC
Re: Even if PR pictures and billboards were spoilers... - (Anonymous), 2004-08-30 04:24 pm UTC

[info]diamonde
2004-08-30 11:38 am UTC (link)
I admit that I loathe spoilers with a fiery passion. The different airing dates between the US and Australia meant that I got spoiled for almost everything that happened in Buffy/Angel for two or three years. But this week, I really hate that woman on the train who loudly proclaimed the results of the football, twice, with details and discussion, three hours before it aired. It'd been on cable, but not free-to-air and dammit, even rival stations give spoiler warnings until then.

But on the other hand, the final score of the Broncos/Rabbitohs game was not on a 50-ft billboard or deliberately released as promo material. And knowing that a character will appear doesn't take all the fun out of watching the show or destroy the suspense. Particularly if they tell you she's turning up, because that implies that there's probably more surprises than that in store.

Anyway, it was just a picture of Clark with some unidentified girl. We've never seen that before. Oh my god, it's a nameless brunette! Run before she kills us all!

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(no subject) - [info]candy, 2004-08-31 05:04 am UTC

[info]princessdot
2004-08-30 12:10 pm UTC (link)
Half my flist hates spoilers the other half would love it if they were in on the production meetings. I'm on the West Coast, I stay off my flist until my shows are over and try not to bitch too much if someone reveals a whopper from something else. I'd prefer not to have big things spoiled but hey... afterall, I can still recall how I'd been spoiled for some major things [yes, like Sirius!] and I can't say that I can't as vividly recall NOT having been so.

Doesn't mean I've killed the spoilees.




.............yet;)

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(no subject) - [info]kindest_demon, 2004-08-30 09:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sepiamagpie, 2004-08-31 04:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]nights_mistress, 2004-08-31 05:47 am UTC
Unrelated to the wank.
[info]aloysius
2004-08-30 12:23 pm UTC (link)
I love this, especially Clark's expression, he's looking more grown-up.

Funny, the man looks exactly the same to me regardless of what picture I see. I guess it's an acquired taste.

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[info]llama_treats
2004-08-30 02:21 pm UTC (link)
I'm confused...am I the only one who's been seeing spoilers ON TV for the past month or two with the "unknown" woman saying "Hi, I'm Lois" over and over and over again?!?!?!?

OMG THE WB SPOILED EVERYTHING BEFORE THE LIVEJOURNAL H0RS DID!!!!

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(no subject) - [info]llama_treats, 2004-08-30 02:24 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]misswindy, 2004-08-30 05:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]llama_treats, 2004-08-30 07:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lexualhealing, 2004-08-30 02:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]llama_treats, 2004-08-30 02:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lexualhealing, 2004-08-30 02:59 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]misswindy, 2004-08-30 05:49 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lexualhealing, 2004-08-30 06:18 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2004-08-30 03:28 pm UTC (link)
Yay!!! I finally made it!

*dances*

~Aelora

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2004-08-30 05:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2004-08-30 08:59 pm UTC

[info]smit
2004-08-30 04:17 pm UTC (link)
You know, I keep saying this and no one ever listens to me.

Dear Smallville fandom,

Shut the fuck up already.

Love,

Smit

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(no subject) - [info]misswindy, 2004-08-30 05:45 pm UTC

[info]toxictattoo
2004-08-30 05:07 pm UTC (link)
Maybe it's just me...

Since anything, by anyone's definition, can be deemed a spoiler, the only way to avoid anyone being spoiled is for any and all conversation about any fandom to be behind the default cut tag.

If people are going to get all up in arms over a picture that presumably has already been seen in TV spots and advertisements, then perhaps that is the best policy.

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(no subject) - [info]toxictattoo, 2004-08-30 06:34 pm UTC

[info]snacky
2004-08-30 05:39 pm UTC (link)
This reminds me of the "Spike on Angel" furor among the Buffy/Angel fans. I remember seeing someone claim that THE OPENING CREDITS WITH MARSTERS IN THEM were spoilers until he actually appeared on the show.

::BOGGLE::

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(no subject) - [info]kraken_sleeps, 2004-08-30 07:05 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ladylynx, 2004-08-30 07:25 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]misswindy, 2004-08-30 07:39 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]llama_treats, 2004-08-30 08:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ladylynx, 2004-08-30 08:11 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2004-08-30 09:01 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]misswindy, 2004-08-30 09:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ladylynx, 2004-08-30 09:21 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kijikun, 2004-08-31 07:04 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2004-08-31 11:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]gaisce, 2004-08-31 08:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2004-08-31 04:52 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kijikun, 2004-08-31 07:05 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]snacky, 2004-08-30 10:03 pm UTC

[info]bohicamouse
2004-08-31 04:18 am UTC (link)
Oh, who cares about Lois anyway? Heh. *is eagerly awaiting ep 5 herself*

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