Will the Season Finale of Obi-Wan Teach Angry Fans Anything?
(No Spoilers)When Every Twitter Fueled Criticism is Systematically Destroyed By the Writers, Maybe that Means Something.
I sense a great disturbance in the internet, as if millions of gatekeeping fans just lost all their self appointed high ground. (gentle smirk, as only Obi Wan can do)
Since the beginning of Obi Wan there has been a constant churn of anger, hate, frustration, despair and tantrums, nearly on par with Anakin/Vader’s levels of angst and drama seeking. From complaints about the music not being the same as what was used in the movies, to how weak Obi Wan was, to the lack of lightsaber duels, to anger at Reva’s character, to wondering why Leia was even in the story to…well, everything. Yet oddly, last ep and this ep I see the exact opposite, as in OMG THIS IS THE BEST STAR WARS EVER!!!
It’s almost as if the writers and directors that the haters spent weeks maligning and criticizing actually knew what they were doing, you know, creating a story.
Let’s address the real issues here, it wasn’t ever the writing, or the characters or the music or anything truly related to the show itself. It was fan entitlement, impatience and utter lack of ability to understand the concept of story telling. I can’t count the number of times I saw people complaining how they hated Reva because they didn’t know her backstory…after the FIRST episode. Like, um, you know there are five more shows, right?
Or the music. Wow…that one cracked me up. “These people have access to the world’s greatest music and they aren’t using it.” Hmmm, first…see the finale. Second, the themes for the characters don’t quite apply for the first several eps as this is a show about transitions, acceptance, moving on from the past, becoming who you will be in the future. There are reasons for these artistic choices being made, and no, it’s not just to piss off the fans or because Disney has gotten cheap. (Which makes no sense as a reason as Disney owns the music now anyway.)
All of these things, plus the rest and the whiplash inducing surge of fans embracing the show, now that it is over, highlights the bigger issues; one that is not just seen in this context but in the context of employers and consumers feeling that they have a right to exploit and attack the work of creatives, such as returning ebooks after you have read them and then trying to justify it by saying you don’t want to “feel forced to buy a book” and “we don’t owe writers money.”
More and more I feel that the push to consume content at a rapid pace is destroying any respect fans have of creatives.
We are not faceless entities that are here to churn out entertainment while being assaulted by endless disrespect, hate, bullying and thievery. If you want to call yourself a fan, than treat those who create for you with respect and dignity. We’ve earned it.
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