OMG SPOILERS!

[trinityvixen]

I agree with one of the comments on this posting about the latest BSG gay romance: if the friggin Sci-Fi Channel does a godsdamn PRESS RELEASE saying "ZOMG Xxxxx is A GAY!" how the hell can you really say that mentioning it somewhere else is a spoiler?

Of course, I link to my own announcement of that news from some weeks ago, and I realize I did give a spoiler warning, so clearly there is some expectation that even news that is announced and given out to the media is still somewhat sensitive. But really, people: if you're at all plugged in and you're at all behind in a series, you just sort of have to get used to being spoiled. Most magazines will warn you (UNLIKE FUCKING ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY) for anything major. The fact that the Sci-Fi Channel isn't bothering to hide this means this gay romance will probably be as significant to the story as the last one. (Read: not at all.)

It's not like they announced who the last Cylon was. (HA HA HA, IT IS GOING TO SUCK WHEN THEY DO, THOUGH AND I KNOW IT AND I DON'T CARE, A-HA HA...sigh)

Comments

[viridian.livejournal.com]

Honestly, every time someone makes a huge fuss about spoilers, I want to make sure I personally spoil them for like the next five or six things they care about. Not wanting to be spoiled for reasonable stuff? Fine. But if you're kicking up a huge bitchfit over something either A. minor or B. ancient or C. plastered all over the internet by the show's producers, you FAIL.

ETA: also, anyone who thinks that's a spoiler about that character HASN'T BEEN WATCHING THE SHOW.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I am tired of being spoiled for things myself, but I acknowledge that being a year or three behind a series really doesn't give me a leg to stand on for complaining about spoilers. If you're really that far behind, you have to just avoid places that will tell you spoilers, period.

I'm also tired of being told that absolutely every goddamned thing, including thumbs up/down, is a goddamned spoiler. I do get it--people gushing or poo-pooing can taint your own enjoyment of shit, but you can't expect them to muzzle themselves because you can't control your own expectation if they say they liked/disliked an episode. Not "ZOMG IT WAS LIKE THE BEST THING EVER!" but "Yes, I liked that one." The former could be prejudicial, but the latter? LET IT GO, PEOPLE.

And I agree with your ABCs. Those are not spoilers. I doubly agree that this particular item couldn't be a spoiler about that character unless the opposite were true. "Xxxx IN ORGY ENTIRELY MADE UP OF MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX!" That would kill me with shock.