Board Thread:Series 5 Discussion/@comment-209.196.232.2-20121230195253/@comment-5995315-20130206134255

46.190.48.46 wrote: MerlinUSA, I don't think that the fans that think the finale was awful(who are, by the way, the MAJORITY of fans) are all oblivious to those elements you mentioned. It's just that everyone enjoys different things from the show. Everyone expects different things from a show and it's impossible to please everyone. I think that it's worrying that most fans did not like it-it means something is wrong with the show in the last season, not the fans. Hi Lurker--

I do not agree at all that most of the fans thought the ending was bad. As to the ones who so passionately hate the finale, this much can be said. Even if they understood the themes holding the show together, something I find highly unlikely, they were obviously unable to  pick out which themes were the decisive ones.

That is what explains how shocked they were by the actual ending. As you say, people enjoy different things about the show and the show allows for it. But while many perspectives are possible, the big picture is what guided the finale. People caught off guard by the final message the ending gave us are missing the big picture. Posting blog links about how horrible someone thinks the ending is does not change that fact.

The fact that many (by no means most) people missed it and got lost in their own favorite themes or subplots does not mean anything is wrong with the show itself. This show will stand the test of time. The intransigently negative reactions reflect people's subjective feelings, no matter how misguided, and for that reason do not mean anything except to those people.