Just what we need. **mushroom sigh.**

[ladybug_archive]

So a few weeks ago I was on YouTube and somehow ended up seeing a trailer for Fox's new Sleepy Hollow series (probably as an ad before something I was watching). And ... I actually thought it looked intriguing. I thought maybe I'd want to check it out.

So now the series is out and I've looked up some more stuff on it. And I am most unimpressed to discover that it gets into apocalyptic stuff. The Horseman is supposed to be one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, blah blah blah.

Seriously, why can't it just be a nice creepy ghost story about a restless spirit still haunting modern-day Sleepy Hollow? That's what I thought it would be when I saw the trailer.

I get so tired of all these shows that decide apocalyptic storylines are the way to go. The X-Files, Millennium, the 2005 Kolchak remake.... And the list goes on and on, yadda yadda yadda.

I saw one reviewer pleased with the show and recommending it as a fantasy show for people who want something other than fairy-taleish stuff.

How about something for people who really thought the series would be a retelling instead of a re-envisioning? I thought a modern-day version of the story could be fun. Throwing the Apocalypse in there ... pretty much ruins it for me.

That, and well, of course if the Horseman's attacks on people are depicted graphically, that would finish it for me even if they weren't doing apocalyptic stuff. I don't know how graphic the attacks are and I don't have any desire to know, particularly since I am assuming the attacks would involve one of the methods of death I abhor more than most others.

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[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that makes sense. Me, I'm fed up with it because I don't care for those types of themes and I have enough real worries without getting freaked out over imaginings of the Apocalypse (a topic I find highly depressing to begin with).

I wondered myself how they could stretch it into a series, if it had really been like the book. The people themselves seem to have described it as a retelling, although I would definitely say it's a re-envisioning instead.

Possibly! Although considering the Horseman, I ... rather doubt I would be comfortable writing any such thing.

I could certainly write something about a restless spirit terrorizing a town, though! Hmmm. Perhaps I'll write something similar to Sleepy Hollow, only where the spirit is in possession of all body parts. (Or maybe missing something like an arm.... Yeah....)

[yamsteapot.livejournal.com]

It really is hard to find lighter stuff. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact people use such sad and depressing things as a method of catharsis. (I remember an article a while back that talked about using depressing books as catharsis and dealing with depression.)

Though on Netflix I just finished watching the first season of Derek and I'm left with so many good feels my heart could burst. That may be why I also tend to turn to a lot of stand-up comedy—to get away from the overly heavy plots. Anything else that's light(er) is often rather daft, in my opinion.

Go classic cartoon Horseman. Give him a pumpkin head (or it could be pumpkin head mask. Scooby Doo styles).

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

That's true. I myself usually find sad songs more helpful when I'm upset. Happy songs just tend to make me want to scream if I'm already upset. LOL.

I am unfamiliar with Derek. But that's great that there's so many good feels with it!

Stand-up comics definitely have a treasure trove of material.

LOL. Maybe so! That could be amusing.