Fandom *sigh*
Sep. 22nd, 2010 09:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shipperxI was going to post some stuff regarding metaphor and Spuffy, etc. But, honestly, emotions in fandom seem to be running really high right now so I don't think a post would help. (And it wasn't important anyway. So no big deal and no big loss.)
All I can say is that, please, everyone cut everyone some slack, okay? A little generosity in fandom could go a long way. People think and feel different things. People don't agree. That's okay!
Okay?
And if people disagree about a character or a plot twist or a ship, don't take that as personal criticism. The character, the plot twist, the ship, the show or the comic are not you. And if someone sees it differently than you do, it's OKAY. It's just a plot, a character, a ship, a comic, a plot twist. It's not you... even if sometimes we identify so closely with our various obsessions that it feels like it. Such is the crazy of fandom. Embrace it. We've all been there. It's just that sometimes that identification with the character, the ship, the plot twist, the meta, the show, the comic causes blurred lines where things feel personal when they aren't and things become personal when they shouldn't be.
It's just fandom! Go take a gander at fandom_wank. All corners of it are full of kerfuffles, feuds, hard feelings. So, you know what? Everyone deserves some slack. We're all a bit looney here. :)
Take a deep breath, try to be kind, and remember -- it's only a show, a story, a character, a ship, a comic, or a plot twist.
All I can say is that, please, everyone cut everyone some slack, okay? A little generosity in fandom could go a long way. People think and feel different things. People don't agree. That's okay!
Okay?
And if people disagree about a character or a plot twist or a ship, don't take that as personal criticism. The character, the plot twist, the ship, the show or the comic are not you. And if someone sees it differently than you do, it's OKAY. It's just a plot, a character, a ship, a comic, a plot twist. It's not you... even if sometimes we identify so closely with our various obsessions that it feels like it. Such is the crazy of fandom. Embrace it. We've all been there. It's just that sometimes that identification with the character, the ship, the plot twist, the meta, the show, the comic causes blurred lines where things feel personal when they aren't and things become personal when they shouldn't be.
It's just fandom! Go take a gander at fandom_wank. All corners of it are full of kerfuffles, feuds, hard feelings. So, you know what? Everyone deserves some slack. We're all a bit looney here. :)
Take a deep breath, try to be kind, and remember -- it's only a show, a story, a character, a ship, a comic, or a plot twist.
