Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-9241531-20160919003505/@comment-4453062-20160919223645

Regarding the whole spoilers thing, one reason why people even avoid the promotional material is because sometimes spoilers do slip or they somehow heavily imply something. For example, the promo for "The Doctor" basically spoiled that Whale was Dr. Frankenstein. The promo didn't refer to him as "Dr. Frankenstein", but mentioned how he could bring back the dead, and showed him in his mad scientist gear. Another example is the promo for "Quiet Minds", which heavily hints at Neal's death. Though I wonder how these types of fans deal with trying to avoid promos, if they happen to watch other ABC shows, and are at the risk of accidentally seeing a OUAT promo during a commercial break. But yeah, some people just really want to be surprised, and would rather let the show itself unfold on its own accord. They don't want any little piece of information outside of the show that could reveal more than they want to know. Some of these people I know are podcasters, and they have a spoiler-free policy for the sake of their listeners and so that spoilers don't taint any of their theorizing.

Anyway, what constitutes as a spoiler or not is honestly a subjective argument. People have their own personal spoiler policies, and they can vary. Sure it can come off as extreme, but if somebody really does consider certain things as spoilers, then I think that should be respected. I actually agree with some of the stuff CDA and hmcooper said from a personal viewpoint, but it's not a viewpoint that speaks for everyone else.