[Beth: You're going to miss me when I'm gone...]

 I think the backlash is important the only way tptb are going to get the message is if their sexism actually costs them something.

 

Scott Gimple has been confirmed to return as showrunner for season 6.  That'll show him.

[Beth: You're going to miss me when I'm gone...]

Beth had a tiny fanbase.  It didn't get any decent numbers until she and Daryl wound up alone together and some people thought she was going to end up bouncing on Daryl's magic peen.  There may be some genuine Beth fans but they're vastly outnumbered by the Twilight Bethyl peen-bouncing crowd.

[Beth: You're going to miss me when I'm gone...]

From that link:

 

Some weeks ago a group of Carol fans began a charity fundraiser to raise funds for a domestic abuse shelter, to honour the character’s on-screen journey. (carylbyob.tumblr.com) The drive coincided with an episode which explored Carol’s troubled past, and featured a shelter where Carol and her daughter had stayed in an attempt to flee from her violent husband. Carol fans rallied around the drive and over $1,700 was raised and handed over to the charity last week.

 

Suddenly this week, with the media attention on the Beth’s fans successful petition, this charity drive became a bone of contention. Beth fans mocked the amount raised, in comparison to their 40,000 signatures, calling it “miserable and insignificant”. Carol fans were sent anonymous messages telling them Beth had beaten them, as their petition had “won” over the charity drive. They were told if they had been nicer to Beth perhaps Beth fans would have supported the charity and helped them, and worst of all, Carol fans who shared their own stories of abuse were sent mocking and abusive messages from Beth fans, calling them weak.

 

That is some fucked up shit right there.  Don't tell me that killing off some pretend redshirt is sexist when those who are crying sexism are mocking real life women who survived domestic abuse.  You want to find sexism?  Go look in the fucking mirror.  

[Beth: You're going to miss me when I'm gone...]

I think brushing aside young girl concerns as silly and unimportant is actually a big part if the problem here. Beth gave voice to a group that does get dismissed a lot and they've decided to fight back.

 

I don't care about the concerns of some silly girls [who are no doubt an embarrassment to girls the same age who aren't silly].  I came to watch zombies eat people, if I wanted some idiotic teen romance I'd watch the fucking CW. 

 

This is an adult show: it has sex scenes, the violence is graphic, the themes are for mature audiences, the focus is on adults  You need to be a grown-up to watch. If what happens including losing a favorite character is too traumatizing, it's past your bedtime.

[Beth: You're going to miss me when I'm gone...]

Did these Beth fans petition when Mika died and demand she come back? Wasn't she also a symbol of innocence and hope or was she too young for a team crush token? 

 

It's because Mika wasn't a young woman who was alone around Daryl.  Some of those people screaming "sexism!" wanted to hook up a young teenager with a man in his forties - that's a male power fantasy right there, and they wouldn't have given a shit about Beth if it wasn't for Daryl.

 

Even if I didn't like Beth at all I think I woul respect these fans for having the gut s to actually take a stand.

 

I wouldn't because some people would call what they're doing harassment.  Some of the content these "protesters" have sent to Scott Gimple and Melissa McBride and other cast and crew has been pretty disgusting.

[Dragon's Den (Canada) - General Discussion]

As far as personalities go I think they have the right balance.  Arlene and Wek are colorful, Chilton is about the middle, and Jim and Vikram are fairly quiet, and the latter two are quiet in different ways.  I like how Jim watches everything like a hawk and then lowers the boom when he needs to.  Not a lot of excessive chatter from him.  If they had a whole panel of loud attention-grabbers, like on Shark Tank, it would burn me out.  I miss Bruce since he was laid-back and was another one who was good at balancing out the overall energy level.

 

I liked the snowboarding jeans idea, the rest were blah.  They brought up a good point about the plow attachments - how would it adapt to different plow blades.  Arlene did get weird about the button - some people and not just elderly have trouble bending over and would appreciate a switch that was more accessible (but those hings have already flooded the market).  

[Talking Dead: Where Chris Hardwick Got His Groove Back]

Kirkman had recently spoken about how the CDC business was his biggest regret (and likely one of the reasons he was supposedly so at odds with TPTB in the first few seasons), so I have a feeling he did not want to touch that question with a ten foot pole, which Hardwick likely knew. I also think when you behave like a clown, no one cares about answering your question. They probably assumed the Sam Kinison knockoff was just there to be on TV so they could ignore the rest. I had the same assumption.

 

It's frustrating because even if Kirkman regretted it, it was still written and filmed and no one even mentioning the CDC to Eugene was a huge, glaring hole.  I don't like the skype format because now, as already said, people are going to do stupid attention-getting things to get their questions on the air and their silly hats and tiny dogs are going to pull focus and airtime away from the questions and answers and the rest of the show in general. I thought the hat guy did ask a good question, it's too bad he screamed it like a lunatic and felt that he had to just to get his question heard.  

 

Random:  This will always be funny.  Sorry, Beth, he's just not that into you!