I totally see where you're coming from on a lot of these. Yeah, to be 100% spoiler free you do have to live in a cave. And TVGuide blurbs are (usually) fair game for me (TVGuide articles and interviews are a little more problematic). Even if I don't want to be spoiled, I can't help reading the synopsis of upcoming eps. Those create more what I'd call anticipatory squee than actual spoilerage. That's "coming attractions" and holds a squee factor of its own.
And knowing general story arcs for the upcoming season (John and Mary as teens, solving the mystery of how Dean gets out of Hell--which I think is a mystery because the *writers* haven't figured it out yet) isn't really that big a deal, and not something that can really be avoided unless you do move into a cave. But knowing a blow-by-blow of what's gonna happen? Like with sides and stuff? That puzzles me. Because while a good story might be a good story regardless of whether you know about it or not, your first experience at discovering the story as a viewer isn't as it's intended to be experienced. Does that make sense?
And one of the things that really bugs me (and I'm not accusing anyone in this conversation--though you, Carol, are a temptress) is people who don't care, or who--worse yet--purposely spoil things. Because they take away that joy of experience for someone new. I confess to accidentally spoiling some people for some things, but I've also been told that I'm really good at saying a lot without actually saying anything when it comes to squee vs. spoilerage.
Yeah, it is interesting what different people consider spoilers, isn't it? :-)
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And knowing general story arcs for the upcoming season (John and Mary as teens, solving the mystery of how Dean gets out of Hell--which I think is a mystery because the *writers* haven't figured it out yet) isn't really that big a deal, and not something that can really be avoided unless you do move into a cave. But knowing a blow-by-blow of what's gonna happen? Like with sides and stuff? That puzzles me. Because while a good story might be a good story regardless of whether you know about it or not, your first experience at discovering the story as a viewer isn't as it's intended to be experienced. Does that make sense?
And one of the things that really bugs me (and I'm not accusing anyone in this conversation--though you, Carol, are a temptress) is people who don't care, or who--worse yet--purposely spoil things. Because they take away that joy of experience for someone new. I confess to accidentally spoiling some people for some things, but I've also been told that I'm really good at saying a lot without actually saying anything when it comes to squee vs. spoilerage.
Yeah, it is interesting what different people consider spoilers, isn't it? :-)