You know what a great TV is? Arcane! I admit, it's an absolutely stunning piece of work, but I personally didn't find the story that compelling, and the second season was incredibly fast-paced. As a fan of anime, I did watch it just for the interior style of Fortiche, which was enough for me, but I still found the spoilers annoying like everyone else, even for a story I wasn't that invested in programme. Thanks I don't really have much choice when it comes to “Algorithm” though, I've been spoiled for pretty much all of Arcana Season 2.
You see, I'm not in a rush to watch season 2, nor am I eagerly anticipating it like many fans are. I'm happy to wait! I had a lot of other things to do, and I was a little uncomfortable when the first act ended, so I didn't rush to see what was going on. Except in the three weeks since these three titles were posted, I kept seeing more and more spoilers, whether it was on sites like Twitter (er, X) or TikTok, they were all there because the algorithm thought I wanted to see them them.
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I do think spoiler etiquette is really bad on the internet these days. A lot of young people didn't grow up on Tumblr, where you could filter what you wanted to see by tags, and most people would tag their posts appropriately if they had spoilers – unfortunately Is it, with the death of Tumblr, like before, fans moved to Twitter because there were other uses for it? But because Twitter works completely differently, fan culture has changed extensively, most people's habits are no longer rigid, and now we're at a stage where people are desperate to be the first to express their thoughts because they might Get a little influence in return.
Don’t get me wrong, clout chasing on the internet has been around for a long time, but especially in the last few years it’s gotten worse and I think it’s because of “algorithms.” Because the age of blogs and forums is over and we are all endlessly trapped in social media advertising and all we have is the “algorithm” we have to feed this monster even if it means ruining something for others. I'm just tired of it.
There's always something new to watch, but opportunities for completely unfiltered viewing are few and far between. This situation manifested itself in rather annoying ways in Jujutsu Kaisen last year, where manga readers seemed to go out of their way to ruin the upcoming anime-only story beats – I was hit with several big spoilers, prompting me to bite the bullet with the manga (something I don't regret doing, there's a whole bunch of stuff I didn't want to be spoiled for by the end of the series).
That’s a weekly show too! To make matters worse, Arcane Season 2 was released over three weeks despite having nine episodes. The obnoxious binge-watching model Netflix has established means you have to consume it immediately, and if you get spoiled and complain about it, some fool is bound to get into your replies and accuse you of not getting off the internet before you could watch it.
This is obviously a ridiculous argument because 1. In my particular case, the internet is my job; 2. Why do I have to do this? Can you wait to talk about your blob kissing your other blob? But I still find it hard to blame anyone for posting spoilers. They just do it thinking it will stay within their specific fandom, but the “algorithm” gives you far less information than two points about your intentions. It's hungry and it needs food so it can regurgitate it to anyone who will look at it.
I have no solution other than to stop spending time in these places, which is getting easier and easier in the case of Twitter (did you know where we ended up on Bluesky now?), but I think I should At least a little bit of complaining. Seriously, Arcane Season 2 – the whole thing is a little rushed, right? Even being spoiled doesn't help.
