zinniabooklover
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I think it's the same, though. Let's say a fan of Michael has heard (I don't mean now, I mean in the first few weeks or months after LN came out) about the tv programme and they are unsure / curious / nervous / whatever. They're not seeing it as research but they need to know for their own reasons what the content actually is. I think that's reasonable. It's true that I haven't watched the thing and I have relied on other people's assessment of it but I wouldn't normally do that. I would always want to check something out for myself. With LN I did it the other way around and by the time I had researched it thoroughly I knew I didn't want to watch it and couldn't bc it would be so triggering. But I can understand why a person might decide to take a look.I understand wanting to do research. I'm talking more so just switching it on out of curiosity.
But how would you know if you didn't look at the thing?Idk, there's levels of intensity, you just have to know exactly how it'll proceed:
But that could be problematic. Just getting the general gist as opposed to knowing exactly how the story was told. It's better to know for sure. I'm not exactly advocating for people to watch this thing and especially not now, so many years down the line. But if someone did watch it now, in 2023, I would understand. I'm talking about Michael fans watching it for serious reasons not some sick fkr watching it for god knows what reason.even if you don't know what exactly they'll say, just getting the general gist from somewhere.
I realise I'm not being entirely consistent here bc I haven't watched it myself and that's not happening. But it was always necessary to have a cohort of people who did watch it, especially the original 4 hour version. I think that will continue to be essential even in the future.