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[brokenrecord]

Ok, so this is going to be an entirely unpopular opinion, but here I go anyways: I'm not that upset that Lamb was killed off. I just... I never got the Lamb love. I love Michael Muhney, I think he's totally great and he's so good to the fans, but... it just seems like to me a lot people transfer their love for the actor onto the character. And if you really, truly love the character, then fine, I mean, that's your opinion. But I think Lamb's an asshole, I mean, he's always been an asshole. Everytime I see someone say "OMG I LOVE LAMB" I can't help but remember the pilot, and how he acted when Veronica came in to report her rape. And I just don't understand how some people are now going "OMG VM is now dead to me, I'm no longer going to watch the show!" or "Lamb was the only good thing left about the show!" Because, really? He's not on the show that much as it is, and whenever he's on it's only for someone to make a Lamb-is-stupid joke, or to contrast how inept he is with how awesome Veronica and Keith are at solving mysteries.

I don't know, he's kind of like Dick to me. A lot of people love Dick, and I think the actor is great, and sure, Dick can be interesting, but if he was written off the show, it would make no difference to me. He's still the guy that encouraged his little brother to rape Veronica. And, you know, he's a complete dick.

I don't know, I think I need to just stay away from VM fandom, because I rarely ever agree with anything anyone else thinks.

Time for another opinion that's probably going to be very unpopular: I watched the end of the pilot of The Black Donnellys that's up at yahoo and I don't hate the new song. I mean, of course The Arcade Fire song works better and I'd much rather have that song, but... it's just not an option, and I don't mind the new song. The climax of the song matches up well with the action on screen, in my opinion. I think a lot of people don't like it because Snow Patrol is overused (and I think maybe I heard even this exact song was on Grey's Anatomy? But I could be wrong because I don't watch that show) but none of the shows I watch have been using Snow Patrol, so... that doesn't bother me either. I don't know. I'm not about to download the song and listen to it 50 times a day like with The Arcade Fire song, but I don't think the song is going to ruin the end for me either. What's going on is powerful enough that it doesn't need a song to make it awesome; it already is.

So, there you go. Two probably incredibly unpopular opinions. Feel free to hate me forever and yell at me and such now.

(I think I'm in a bitchy mood tonight. It's been a long day.)

Comments

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I read your post, and I completely understand what you're saying. I thought you put it very well, and in that sense, I will miss Lamb. Keith being sheriff does kind of bother me (especially if it means the end of Mars Investigations). So I can understand if people were up in arms about his death because of that, but I hadn't seen much of that on my flist. It was more "Lamb was the last good thing about this show!" which I really couldn't understand. But being upset about his death because of what he represented rather than who he was makes a lot more sense to me.

[leucocrystal]

I'm glad you think so -- I really wanted to get that point across.

I do definitely agree that "the last good thing" is too extreme, which is why I also made mention of that.  Still, it's a crippling loss in many other ways.

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I think part of it for me was that I just really didn't expect that huge of an uproar over it. I thought some people would be upset, but I never even imagined that people would be giving up the show over it, so seeing all those posts was just astonishing to me. I do understand your viewpoint, but I think the only thing about this that is going to really bother me is Keith all of a sudden being sheriff and there potentially being no Mars Investigations anymore.

[leucocrystal]

I thought some people would be upset, but I never even imagined that people would be giving up the show over it, so seeing all those posts was just astonishing to me.

I think it's less to do with killing Lamb off, and more to do with... people just losing complete faith, left and right.  There are a ton of fans right now who feel very jerked around and abused by the writing, and so each time another thing like this happens, it's another blow to the spirit.  Apparently, this was one too many for many fans out there, and to be honest, even though I'm not stopping watching, I can't blame them.