{"id":5973,"date":"2016-07-05T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/?p=5973"},"modified":"2016-06-28T15:41:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T20:41:24","slug":"the-workshop-spoiler-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/the-workshop-spoiler-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"The Workshop: Spoiler Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m going to break form today. I need to take a step away from the gaming table for a few minutes and talk about a certain epidemic that seems to be getting worse and worse as I grow older and television shows and movies that would at one time have been \u201cnerd shows\u201d find their way into the living rooms and calendars of more and more people. <\/span><\/p>\n

And that epidemic is spoilers.<\/span><\/p>\n

It started for me with the release of Star Wars Episode VII<\/em>. It was the first time that I legitimately felt the need to stay off of social media in the few days before I saw it. I didn\u2019t, but I was as careful as I could be perusing Reddit and Facebook up to the day of. I was lucky. I was able to walk into the movie without having any of it spoiled for me. Others weren\u2019t so lucky. Groups of people for whatever reason were trolling the net spoiling a character death in the days before its stateside release. <\/span><\/p>\n

More recently it happened to me with Captain America: Civil War<\/em>. My Facebook feed had thankfully been pretty chill about not spoiling anything in the film. But I did have one small (or rather large) piece of the movie spoiled for me, but it was couched as a pun and the only reason I understood it was because I knew enough about the characters to read between the lines of what was being said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Most recently it has been happening with television shows like The Walking Dead<\/em> and Game of Thrones<\/em>. The last few weeks it seems that people can\u2019t go more than a day (if that) without having whatever shocking thing happened on the Game of Thrones<\/em> spoiled for them. <\/span><\/p>\n

Confession time – I haven\u2019t watched Game of Thrones<\/em> since the end of Season Four, and I was never able to watch it live, because we chose not to pay for premium cable. But I have been a fan of the book series since I discovered it 15 years ago in high school and devoured them. I loved the world building. I loved the intricate history and cultures. I loved the complex and nuanced characters. It was a breath of fresh air for a long time fantasy nerd that was getting kind of tired of black and white good versus evil fantasy stories. I knew the show was about to pass the series in terms of content. I knew that the show was different enough that some things would undoubtedly be different. But I also knew there were a lot of things that would hit the same thematic notes. I thought that I would be able to walk into <\/span>Winds of Winter<\/span><\/i> when it was published and still be able to enjoy it. I knew that I probably wouldn\u2019t be walking into it spoiler free, but I figured I would be able to avoid the majority of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

And in the last few weeks, I\u2019ve been proven wrong at every conceivable turn. Hell, I even had a character\u2019s death spoiled for me<\/span> before the episode even aired <\/b>after the script leaked online. And as each shocking revelation was spilled before me in all of its glory, I realized a sad truth – I didn\u2019t really care when <\/span>Winds of Winter <\/span><\/i>was coming out anymore. Yes, I\u2019m sure some of it has to do with the length of time that it has taken to get the next book out. I waited the decade between books four and five with breathless anticipation, and I\u2019ll admit that the constant wait for book six is starting to wear on me as well. But the greater part of it is people that feel the need to spoil the show, and thus the forthcoming books, for those that haven\u2019t yet seen it. I have to wonder how many others this same thing has happened to. And yes, I\u2019m sure my tune will change when we get a release date and the book is in my my hands, but man; for a long time fan that invested a lot of his time and energy into the series, that was a fairly gutting realization to come to.<\/span><\/p>\n

I know it happens innocently some of the time – people are genuinely excited about the show and want to share that excitement with others. Social media is a great way to get instant feedback from other people that enjoy the same things you do and so it gets posted without you even thinking about it. But the fact is that by doing so you have potentially spoiled the show for other people on the same social media platforms. Your feed doesn\u2019t exist in a bubble, and even if a show is a worldwide phenomenon, there are more people than you realize who aren\u2019t or can\u2019t watch it live for whatever reason. And then there are the memes and references that follow in the days to come that get shared around everywhere for days and weeks to come reaching an ever widening audience of people who may have not had the chance to see the episode that is being referenced. <\/span><\/p>\n

But what gets me more fired up than anything is people who defend the act of posting spoilers. In a discussion about spoilers that had been posted about the Game of Thrones<\/em> season finale the night it aired, I saw the exact following defenses about being posted:<\/span><\/p>\n

– \u201c25 minutes is a long enough time to wait before posting spoilers about a show.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Nevermind that the spoiler in question was posted well before this supposed benchmark, but 25 minutes isn\u2019t even long enough to start digesting a meal, much less spoil a TV\u00a0series. It\u2019s the equivalent of walking out of a movie on opening night and telling the people shuffling in for the next showing what\u2019s going to happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

– \u201cDon\u2019t read my Facebook, you know it\u2019s risky on Game of Thrones<\/em> night.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s not how social media works. There are two ways that I know of to ensure I won\u2019t see posts from you on Facebook. One is to mute you entirely. The other is is completely remove you from my friend list. And just because we aren\u2019t friends doesn\u2019t mean that I might not still see your posts if we have friends in common. That\u2019s how Facebook works. You don\u2019t exist in a bubble. If you insist on talking about a show while it\u2019s on the air, then at least use Twitter, where I\u2019m pretty sure I can still just mute you for a hour at a time. <\/span><\/p>\n

– \u201cIt\u2019s Game of Thrones\/Walking Dead\/[other popular show]<\/em>! People die all the time! How is knowing who dies and how they die make that fact any different?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

If I need to tell you how this is different then I\u2019m wasting my time with you. <\/span><\/p>\n

– \u201cI don\u2019t care enough about the show. I\u2019m going to say what I want.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What you\u2019re telling me is that you don\u2019t care enough about other people\u2019s thoughts and feelings about something that they\u2019re obviously passionate about. What you\u2019re also telling me is that you don\u2019t want to be included on my social media anymore because you are a walking violation of Wheaton\u2019s Law<\/a>. <\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I have to ask you. How hard is it not to post a spoiler? It\u2019s one of the easiest things that you can do. You quite literally have to sit there and do nothing. But why do people insist not only on doing so but feeling like they\u2019re correct for doing so? Unfortunately I don\u2019t know if there is an easy fix for this. Some people just don\u2019t care about the feelings of others, and they like to get their jollies by ruining the fun of others. But call it out where you can. Don\u2019t stand for people being dicks to others. It\u2019s just not cool. \u00a0And more importantly, own up when you make a mistake. It happens – we\u2019re all human. And most importantly, try to continue to love what you love and connect with others that love the same things. Sometimes it\u2019s the only defense against those that want to dampen that love. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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