Have you ever looked at a spoiler? The answer is, most likely yes. More likely, you know some already. After all, Rosebud was his sled, and Vader is Luke's father, regardless of whether or not you even know which films those two are spoilers of. Citizen Kane, and The Empire Strikes Back for the record.
But what about the rest? No, I don't intend to ruin a bunch of plot details/twists, just for the sake of it, that's not my place, and I can't think of any really good ones to ruin off the top of my head anyway. That's not to say I haven't seen any, because we all have, but I can't help but wonder about the nature of spoilers.
Okay, so obviously when anything is made, it's going to be seen by someone. It's impossible to film a film with actors, and not have the entire production crew in on what will happen. Mostly because they need to know the idea in order to do what they have to do to make said idea happen. It's just how it works.
So who leaks this info then? This is something that has always bothered me when it comes to learning about spoilers. When all these people are in on it, but made to sign legal papers promising legal action if they blab, who actually ruins the ending of these things, and leaks the info to the press?
In some cases, it's probably disgruntled, or maybe even former employees, but for most there are no such people, so who is spilling the information? Think about it, a good spoiler will get in the papers as a news story. It's not a promotion, the thing being spoiled won't have to pay the paper anything, and yet there's an article about said product.
It's basically a free advert. Which makes you wonder, perhaps these things are intentionally spoiled. After all, if people are seeking out these spoilers (and trust me, there are these people, why else would people even try to spoil/second guess things before release?), then maybe giving them a spoiler will encourage them to watch the show.
After all, lots of studio's go to the effort of producing more than one ending, to cover up there greater reveals. Some producers and writers will even allow themselves to spoil there own story for the fans. Okay, so in writing, speaking to your audience, the people who are praising your work, is often met with a lot of joy if you reveal story elements they're yet to see, but it's a double edged sword.
It's highly tempting to say all in one go, and have them kiss your ass there and then, but that cuts your work short, and will reduce sales. This is obviously bad for the writer, so you need to bite your lip. Whenever I've encountered this in fanfiction, I've always taken a keen interest in fan speculation, and hinted at things while never outright saying.
But even that is somewhat a spoiler. Keeping any work entirely spoiler free is very hard to do if there's enough interest in it. Even if you can silence anything, enough geeks of something put together can usually suss what might happen through clever guesswork. But without any confirmation, they'll probably invent hundreds of wrong theories, so random guesswork isn't really a spoiler.
Just remember this next time someone's giving you the option of a spoiler. Are you taking the option because your impatient, or because you want to know if you were right or not? Would the spoiler make your guesses any more or less enjoyable when you got the reveal? Or does spoilering something mean it's not worth finding out the ending from the source itself?
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But what about the rest? No, I don't intend to ruin a bunch of plot details/twists, just for the sake of it, that's not my place, and I can't think of any really good ones to ruin off the top of my head anyway. That's not to say I haven't seen any, because we all have, but I can't help but wonder about the nature of spoilers.
Okay, so obviously when anything is made, it's going to be seen by someone. It's impossible to film a film with actors, and not have the entire production crew in on what will happen. Mostly because they need to know the idea in order to do what they have to do to make said idea happen. It's just how it works.
So who leaks this info then? This is something that has always bothered me when it comes to learning about spoilers. When all these people are in on it, but made to sign legal papers promising legal action if they blab, who actually ruins the ending of these things, and leaks the info to the press?
In some cases, it's probably disgruntled, or maybe even former employees, but for most there are no such people, so who is spilling the information? Think about it, a good spoiler will get in the papers as a news story. It's not a promotion, the thing being spoiled won't have to pay the paper anything, and yet there's an article about said product.
It's basically a free advert. Which makes you wonder, perhaps these things are intentionally spoiled. After all, if people are seeking out these spoilers (and trust me, there are these people, why else would people even try to spoil/second guess things before release?), then maybe giving them a spoiler will encourage them to watch the show.
After all, lots of studio's go to the effort of producing more than one ending, to cover up there greater reveals. Some producers and writers will even allow themselves to spoil there own story for the fans. Okay, so in writing, speaking to your audience, the people who are praising your work, is often met with a lot of joy if you reveal story elements they're yet to see, but it's a double edged sword.
It's highly tempting to say all in one go, and have them kiss your ass there and then, but that cuts your work short, and will reduce sales. This is obviously bad for the writer, so you need to bite your lip. Whenever I've encountered this in fanfiction, I've always taken a keen interest in fan speculation, and hinted at things while never outright saying.
But even that is somewhat a spoiler. Keeping any work entirely spoiler free is very hard to do if there's enough interest in it. Even if you can silence anything, enough geeks of something put together can usually suss what might happen through clever guesswork. But without any confirmation, they'll probably invent hundreds of wrong theories, so random guesswork isn't really a spoiler.
Just remember this next time someone's giving you the option of a spoiler. Are you taking the option because your impatient, or because you want to know if you were right or not? Would the spoiler make your guesses any more or less enjoyable when you got the reveal? Or does spoilering something mean it's not worth finding out the ending from the source itself?
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