Original Content Week 14 - Post 2
• Share an example of your favorite television show or movie - how does that show/movie help you work through this project and understand angry fandom?
My “Favorite Show” is an animated series based on an actual play ttrpg campaign. It has a lot in common with Critical Role’s Vox Machina given that aspect but the show I’m using as a large source of inspiration is actually Game of Thrones.
The more serious vibes, the attention to detail, the fantasy being more grounded with a dark edge, it coming from a solid and rich source material with a lot of potential. Only for it be mishandled and end on a sour note.
Game of Thrones could have been THE show, it was so well done and well received to the point where everyone was taking about it, even people who aren’t necessarily big into the fantasy genre. People, myself included, were really enamored by the show. For myself it felt like the first time a show felt a piece of art in a similar vein to watching a quality film.
It’s ashamed it had such a sorry end.