You know what they say, when you do clownery....

[rogueslayer452]

++ For those few who aren't aware of the explosive news, the Roseanne revival was cancelled yesterday after its star made a racist tweet, which then started a rapid chain of events of everyone and everything no longer supporting the actress and the show, new and old, completely disappearing from television schedules. It started off as the highest rated series premieres which granted an immediate renewal and ended up becoming quickly cancelled after a mindless act of stupidity. All I can say is, good riddance. As someone who enjoyed the original series (the later seasons not so much, though), this revival was completely unnecessary from the very start, especially the more I read about the changes made which contradicted a lot about the original and the messages made there, the less inclined I was to even bother checking it out.

This is probably one of the best examples why not all revivals/reboots are always needed or necessary, and why relying entirely on nostalgia will often lead to disappointment.

++ Remember last year when Photobucket done fucked up with their abrupt policy change out of nowhere? Apparently now everything has been restored underneath new management. Granted, I think it's too little, too late because people were rightfully pissed off at the abrupt horrible business decision and have since moved onto other free image-hosting platforms. However, all images that were broken from that decision have been restored, which is definitely good since many sites were affected. I doubt people will go back to PB, though, since even with this statement it has gone relatively unnoticed by most since I don't think many care anymore. I'm happy that images have since been restored, but that's the only good thing about this.

++ I've been following what has been referred to as Cockygate for a while now. For those who don't know, here is a basic rundown of everything happening with it to date. The shorthand version, essentially an author is trying to trademark and claim the word "cocky" as her own, defending it as trying to protect her "brand", and is going after various romance authors demanding them to take away the word from their titles/descriptions/etc or else she'll sue them. With her level of unbelievable arrogance and entitlement, it has since escalated into something much bigger than it needs to be, as her latest antics has her wanting to take this non-issue to court. This entire situation is both ridiculously entertaining akin to old school fandom wanks, but is also equally frustrating especially for the authors unfortunately caught in the middle of this nonsense. Although I have to admit, the way the authors are uniting together to fight against this is remarkable (including creating a limited book that is basically a middle finger to the entire situation), even though this isn't a fight that they needed to be having anyway. This entire kerfuffle is still ongoing, so I'll be keeping my eye on how things progress.

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[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

The fact she tried to force her current personal ideologies into the revival, despite it hugely contradicting the original series, was just a huge nope all around. The moment I heard all of that would be happening I was immediately disinterested. There are times when I can separate an actor from their personal life and their work (to an extent), but this wasn't one of those times especially when she was actively trying to change who Roseanne Conner was as a character, never mind how vile she has been on social media. There is no separating her from all of that.

lol, I don't think customers are ever coming back to Photobucket, and if some are it'll just be a small amount. What they did last year was a massive fuck up for greedy purposes. It's only nice that they aren't holding images hostage anymore, which should never have happened in the first place, but that's the only thing I cared about.

OMG Cockygate is still ongong? I thought she'd have given up ages ago. LOL

Yep, strangely enough, she is doubling down even harder now, it seems. She's in this too deep to actual give up at this point.

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

Exactly so. I really think the character wouldn't have been a Trump supporter OR they could have done a story where she was and realized that his policies weren't helping her or people like her and maybe helped create a bridge for people who voted for him and are refusing to admit that they're not getting any of the help they thought they'd get.

Agreed about Photobucket. I'd like to not have to move everything but I may have to shop around and rehome all of my icons just to be safe.

Some people... there's no way she'll win trademark of the word cocky in court. There are thousands of other writers who could point out they were using it first. I'm pretty sure Taylor Swift has lost law suits that are similar and she'd have way better lawyers than this girl will.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

OR they could have done a story where she was and realized that his policies weren't helping her or people like her and maybe helped create a bridge for people who voted for him and are refusing to admit that they're not getting any of the help they thought they'd get.

Ironically, I think that was her original explanation for that decision, because she's a supporter in real life and wanted to "bridge the gap" saying that not all his supporters were bad or something to that effect. Well, she done fucked up with that one, didn't she? It was just a bad idea all around, and how/why this revival was greenlit even with all of that idek. Like, there might've been something there had there been an actual conversation about generational gaps and the issues that wedge between the two, but I don't think it was ever gonna go that deep. Which is a shame because the original series featured a lot of heavy topics and subject matter that was discussed and considered very important.

Granted, I didn't bother watching the revival so idk exactly what they did in terms of the story, I just know based on the descriptions and what those who have watched it have said. Some claim while it wasn't that bad, it still wasn't that great either in its execution of whatever it was trying to do. Especially when you know the reasons of why the character is suddenly believing in something she wouldn't have started believed in.

There are thousands of other writers who could point out they were using it first.

Exactly. Though perhaps in her delusional mind she'll probably say she's the first person to actually make a claim on the word and the others just didn't protect their brand fast enough, because the narcissism runs strong with this one.

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

I feel like her way of bridging the gap was trying to force acceptance. I know that not all Trump supporters are bad people but I also know, they're supporting a bad person. The idea that they're not bad people so their choices are all okay is just not ever goin to go over well. I'm not a bad person but if I vote for a racist bigot then I have to own that and maybe do some serious self reflection.

I also didn't watch. I was going to and then read about the first episode and just noped right out.