Originally posted by: Pighalta_Bhoot
I want to ask a question to all the folks here. Answer honestly do you guys get invested in watching the show overtly emotional
I think YHM was the only show I got emotionally invested in. Even before YHM, I watched and enjoyed a lot of shows but I was never really invested in them. I could easily move on when the story went down hill. But when YHM went downhill, it affected me so badly..I think it took some 2-3 months to recover from that๐And from then I made it a point to not get invested in any show. I mostly watch the shows for time pass only.
It's actually quite interesting to think though, these writers who actually created the characters have absolutely 0 attachment towards the characters. They can easily destroy them for the so called twists or TRPs and it is only the audience who get affected. It's just business for them.
Even the TRP aunties dont care much. They watch the show just to pass some time, they dont analyse the characters/story like the online folks do, so they dont really get attached to the show. Perhaps the reason why the most nonsensical twists bring the highest TRPs.
Also I feel a great deal of attachment towards the show comes when you are actually a part of fandom. When you watch the show only for half an hour and then carry on with your work..you are unlikely to get attached to it.
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