“There’s a time and place for everything, and I believe it’s called ‘fan fiction’” Joss Whedon

To Whom It May Concern

My Dearest Television Show,

I am writing to you in hopes of conveying an important message to you and whomever it may concern.

We are a small group of elderly women who gather once a week around the television set to watch our favourite program and then afterwards analyze the events with a shot or few of our favourite brew. Guess you could call us Fan Girls, even though most of us have passed the age of eighty. We each have our favourite characters and root for them while watching. Some of us even dared to venture out into the World Wide Web and sent out a few notes to the actors playing the roles. I believe they are called twats or something or other.

But I digress.

Although we appreciate all the effort you put into your craft and accurately so, take pride in the quality of your work. Unfortunately lately the direction the show has taken, is stirring a little trouble in our small group. Most of us agree there is trouble ahead, apart from Helga, who loves the idea of romance at a later age. The rest of us, however, are of the opinion, she should go watch a day time soap opera if she has the hunger for romantic liaisons. After all, this is a crime story, not a daytime drama.

As I mentioned earlier, we are analyzing each show to the extent and we have noticed the changes implemented for the major characters. Strong characters and believable storylines were the reason our little knitting group started watching in the first place. As women and kind of feminists, strong female leads got us hooked right from the start.

Please take this advice from someone who has reached the ripe old age of eighty five:

In real life people do not change, not to a degree of one hundred and eighty degrees, abandoning their basic personality traits and beliefs. A strong woman does not always need a love interest to survive the wilderness that is out there. Trust me, I have lived by myself for the past fifty years and am managing excellently and enjoying my life to the fullest surrounding myself with family and friends. And of course, my favourite past time, watching your delightful show.

Now, we all know this is just a fictional storytelling on the tube, but, still it remains a big part of our lives, and we want to be invested in the process.

Yours Sincerely,

Margaret Watson and Friends