"But 22 episodes is too much to binge in one session!"
Perhaps we should not consume our entertainment like an eating disorder.
Have something to look forward to every thurday for half a year. A week to build up excitement and theories between episodes (or to yk, be too busy to watch). Time to create art about it.
time to let things find their audience, time for fandoms to build up (time for fandoms to maintain their momentum)
My generations grew up watching the same TV show over the course of their entire school career. That's why Star Trek, for example, has such a large fanbase.
Seven seasons of Voyager means those characters accompanied me for seven years. That's why so many people are attached to shows and characters.
Bring back appointment television. Let people savor a show. Let people take their time to trip to figure out a plot spend a week discussing it in forums.
Writing fic, creating art, forming an actual fandom that will last longer than a month.
We need full seasons that last the year, with summer off. And season premieres that were special
Give us actual spoiler-free entertainment back.
And physical media. Give it to us. Stop. Supporting. The. Streaming. Model. It’s killing the entertainment business and it’s killing fandoms.