I'm not even a fan of Stephen King and I'm hopelessly addicted to this show

[mercy_angel_09]

We're half way through the second season of Haven and all I'm really sure of at this point is that I want more. Not just the usual, "episodes through the rest of the season" more, the "I really hope we get at least five seasons out of this show, but more would be great, thanks," more.

I'm really not even a fan of Stephen King's work. I can appreciate that impact that he's had on popular culture and literature (and the fact that he says that Stephenie Meyer can't write makes him good in my book), but I've never felt any sort of urge to read his work. First of all, I'm really not a fan of horror novels. I'm just not. Suspense? Drama? Romance? Mystery? Sure, but horror, not so much.

Of course I've seen a few of the films based off of King's work, but for the most part they're really not my thing. Sure, I have a soft spot for The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption, but I've never felt any sort of desire to go delving into King's work. Which to some people is a complete and total travesty, I know.

I suppose I started watching Haven for two reasons. One, it came on immediately following Eureka. Two, they had been promoting the heck out of it for the two or three weeks that Eureka was running before Haven started, piquing my interest. Since it was on immediately following Eurkea and on a Friday night to boot, I thought I'd give it a try. After all, if I didn't like it, I could just turn it off and never watch it again. But there was something magical that happened in the pilot. The characters were well thought out, the actors had great chemistry, and best of all, it left you wanting more. Just what was going on in the little town of Haven? What was with all of the strange things?

It took me all of three episodes before I gleefully dove into the fandom and joined up with the LJ comms, established my ship, and was cheerfully discussing the episodes with other fans. Admittedly, I've only now started writing fan fiction for the series, but I'm pretty happy with what I've produced so far.

Anyway, I keep trying to get more people to watch the show. Really, I should see if I can get irksnapple to watch it seeing as she's a King fan and will actually get the references they like to slide in. After all, the show is written and produced by a bunch of Stephen King fanboys (and a fangirl, I think?). I know she'd get a kick out of.

And now that I'm done musing about my favorite show at the moment, I'm off to put on make-up and then go and get my hair cut. Because it needs it.

Comments

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way about horror. First off, I was a big chicken as a kid and plus I never thought it was fun to have a movie scare you. Granted, that doesn't mean I can't appreciate a good story, but I'm not a huge fan of the genre. I did read King's guide to writing stories and he does have a lot of good advice in it. While you like his stories or not, you have to admit he knows his work and how to do it well.

[mercy-angel-09.livejournal.com]

I think part of the reason why I like Haven is that it combines King's storytelling style with supernatural suspense. There really isn't much gore - though there are some moments that make you go, "Ew." But since it's a TV show and not on a pay network, they're limited on the gross out factor. It's been no worse than an episode of Bones, a fact for which I am thankful because I really don't do gross.

[tpeej.livejournal.com]

Well if you don't like horror, you should read King for other reasons.

I could give the big speech(my ex-fiance was a BIG King nut), so I could ramble for hours about King.

If you read The Shining, yes you would find moments that would make you say "Holy crap!"

But the book is mostly about alcoholism. King likes to do that, is mostly a horror story, but there is another thing going on.

I will stop screaming you(hey at least I haven't bored you with my love of Anne Rice's vampire books. LOL!