Dear readers,
First of all I'm sorry, but this is not a new chapter. In fact i'm not sure when or if i'm going to continue this. I went back and watched a few more episodes of season 2 and i've never felt so disgusted and betrayed for a tv show before.
I hope you can understand why i decided to give myself a break for Beauty and the Beast universe because sadly, i can't stand it anymore.
You may be asking why, since everything went back on track in the last episodes and i'm going to explain to you all in a letter i wrote to Mr. Brad Kern that follows below.
Mr Kern,
Thank you for ruining a show that i loved so much once, thank you for destroying characters that had so much to give to us. Now you cared about the fans that fought for this show back on season 1, now you want to keep them, Really? You pushed us away. You wanted so much to bring new fans that half of the old ones gave up.
I have so many things to say that i'm sure where to begin. You came and brought hope, we thought "Thank god, now the show will have the viewers it deserves, i'm sorry but the numbers are way above it deserves.
Everytime i think about you the word sexist in the first to come to my mind. I would like to say maybe i'm wrong but the way you portrayed Vincent, Catherine and JT this season tells me otherwise.
You said when the season started that Catherine was defined by her relationship with Vincent and it was wrong, i was totally happy because i totally agree, then what you did? In words of a ex beastie good friend of mine, she was defined by her relationship with every single character in the show.
You made Vincent not only abuse Catherine in a psycological way but in a physical way, something that we were told it would never happen, because this is the heart of the tale, the beast won't ever hurt the beauty. The worst part? I saw women that totally agree with this, saying that Vincent was double charged by muirfield, but let's just think for a second, He wasn't doble charged to play her, he wasn't doble charged to have SEX with her, or Muirfield programmed him for that too?
Then you kept saying that this is an epic love, i can't tell you how much i hate those words now because of you. Do you have any idea what EPIC LOVE IS? You said yourself that Gabe deserved Catherine more than Vincent, and how you did that? Gabe did nothing to prove himself, and how easily Catherine forgot all things gabe did was beyond me. I have to confess, I against all the fandom, loved the idea of Gabe and catherine together for a while, but the way you handled things, left me shocked. And then hearing Catherine saying to Gabe that she LOVED him...WHEN?WHERE? HOW? When the oportunity presented itself she was in bed with VINCENT!You said that TORI could understand Vincent in a way that Catherine never could, what was that?
You said that Vincent was going to prove he deserved Catherine and how that turned out? The excuse for him to push her was because of Muirfield right? so what Catehrine did that ended that control? Because Vincent was the one who said to her "When those missions are over i'll make it up to you"
I would laugh if it wasn't so tragic but Vincent realized that Catherine and him belonged together when TORI told him when she was dying, that was what his AHA moment?
By the way, Vincent met his nephew and when Vincent was all over town, in newspapers and tv, the nephew never appeared? Maybe the fire fighters don't read the paper or watch tv in America... You realize that there is no way you can bring Vincent's family now to this, right? Unless they are all lost in Amazon forest.
I could keep writing, but i'm sure it won't change anything, the show lost the magic for me. You destroyed something that i loved so much. I'm sorry but there are certain things that go against my nature, like Catherine going back to Vincent, cover for him, after he abused her. Do you realize that it is exactly what women that goes through that do, right? It's the same thing forgive a boyfriend that hit you when he was high or drunk.
I think you should've have read the book Safe Heaven by Nicholas Sparks. He may not be a William Shakespeare but he really knows about these things more than you do.
Oh and please stop comparing Batb with Wiliam Shakespeare. it's an insult to the fans and people who actually studied the authour. Don't take my English grammar or my stories about who I am in my professional life. I have an article published about William Shakespeare, My thesis was about him and Im finishing my pos graduation and guess what? About him too.
Shakespeare must be really offended by what you did.
Just another thing..STOP treating us like idiots, you alredy knew you guys would get a season 3 and you want to know why i know? TIMING my dear, all the shows on CW had already finished filming and the writers were yet working on episode 21. Next time, ask your co workers to stay away from twitter.
So dear readers, this was my...how can i call this? Vent? Believe me I tried, i tried so hard to look past everything and keep having faith on the show, but it's like when a mirror is broken, you can pick up the pieces, but the mirror will never be the same. And it does not help, when you are being attacked because of your opinion.
I'm not saying the writers that still do publish things about Batb are bad or anything, there are still great stories out there i'm sure, but have you guys seen how many great authours erased their stories? If not, go look to your favorites, I'm sure at least one of them is missing. In the first season Batb had more than 300 stories and after season 2 we have 458, just 158 stories this season. Do you really think I'm the only one disgusted about this season?
I just want to explain one more thing, i couldn't care less if Vincent and Catherine stayed apart all season, since the characters had consistency, since certain lines weren't crossed.
Jorney is more important...how things happen is important. Well what can i expect from a show runner that say "Vincent and Catherine will be together because the show is called Beauty and The beast. Now he gave an interview saying that he NOW knows what the viewers want, he is dumb or really cocky, when a show loses HALF of the viewers, you still think everything is ok?
I felt so insulted this season that i dropped the show, i went back here and there but everytime i see Catherine and Vincent together i felt bad. Like, it doesn't make any sense.
I hope you guys understand my side, I'm not sure what to do with this story, it was something i loved so much and i was receiving so amazing feedback, but i don't know.
I can't keep saying in a few weeks i'll come back, because I have no idea. I'll focus on my new One Tree Hill story and maybe next year, I'll write about Batb again.
I wish you Beasties all the lucky on season 3, God knows when it will aired, I really wish i had your strength, however, this is a good bye to batb world for me, at least for the rest of this year.
I'm truly sorry about this, and I hope you guys don't hate me too much.
Love,
Anne Sullivan
