

I think it greatly depends on the media and what the spoiler is.
If it’s a story where the big twist is the thing that makes it so great, or if the depth of the story is greatly amplified when you can get immersed before a big event occurs, then spoilers are purely an asshole thing to give without warning or permission.
Though if it’s just Disney slop where the whole damn thing is formulaic and rather predictable anyways, then what ever, spoil away.













For #2, I’d definitely say it depends on the type of spoiler. Merely giving away the general events isn’t going to ruin good media. Though if someone is basically in effect recreating the whole scene(s) lazily in a different medium, then that can ruin the ability to experience it in the same way.
I would liken it to how the Red Wedding in GoT was portrayed in its own media: As done in the earlier seasons, it was a crazy surprise of an experience. If it happened in season 8, it would’ve been a shitty, “here are the things that happened” kind of portrayal and it would’ve been kinda’ what ever.
That’s not even speaking to spoilers, but story telling in general. If they’re doing a shitty job of telling the story, spoiler context or no, then it’ll kinda’ ruin the story either way. Spoilers are themselves story telling. It’s not all black and white good or bad. It’s how it’s done and what is covered that makes it good or bad.
Though with spoilers, it’s far less likely that people are going to try to really do it justice, especially in a meta-context like talking about the show, so spoilers are more often given in poor form for story telling.