I forgot about tumblr for awhile yesterday. I liked it.

[andrea_deer]

• Once again: welcome new friends. I thought about making introduction post, but I feel like the people I know for years would laugh to their deaths about it. So, if you want to know more about me: check out my profile. I actually updated it too, so it has some merit. If you need/want to know anything else: just ask.
• I think I forgot to tell you guys

Comments

[andrea_deer]

Exactly! I mean, sure, it's great to find people who like the same things, but there's no point in fighting with the ones who don't!

And I know that not whole X-Files fandom is evil or anything, but to be fair, I never had similiar situations in other fandoms. Even if I got into some shipping wars (which were and still are - ridiculous) I felt like I was in a group, while with X-Files I felt painfully singled out. And also maybe because those nasty situations in the X-Files fandom were rarely in the open. People rarely openly said "I don't like that you like those pairings, we can't be friends anymore". There were however unpleasant conversations and plenty of defriends as well. And constant answering the questions "No disrespect, but how on earth can you ship Mulder/Krycek?" and "If you ship Mulder/Krycek why on earth you read Mulder/Scully sometimes?"

And I know those don't sound really hateful and they weren't the worst I've hear by far, but I was asked questions like this over and over again. It almost seemed as if it would be easier for me if I shipped M/K and hated MSR shippers or the other way around. Which is silly.

But I miss talking to people about the X-Files. My mother can only take so much XD Especially, when I'm all "See? Skinner totally did all this to help Scully! Isn't he amazing?" And my mum is all: "He has a nice butt."

Sometimes I feel like the only thing stopping my mother from taking over fandoms is the fact that she's not up with the technology and refuses to use/learn how to use a computer. ;D

[memories_child]

Unpleasant conversations and defriends are almost worse because they're so subtle (and underhanded) and sometimes you don't know what you've done or why they're making such an issue of it. And when they're constant as well you just get tired of defending yourself, which you shouldn't have to do in the first place!

You should definitely join xf-book-club if you haven't already. That's a really good comm and wendelah1 moderates it and she's lovely. We've had some good conversations on into-the-woods too though I'm a rubbish mod and don't actually livewatch as much as I should!

Haha, your mother sounds awesome!

[andrea_deer]

I'm sure I was in xf_book_club before, but I must have left it, when I cut off from X-Files fandom some more :/ I shall rejoin now! :D (Especially since a slash story is the subject ;D) Though I can't promise I will be very active, when I'm not in the mood for a fic no kind of community will make me ;D

[memories_child]

Yay! I'm not very active on the comm either, but I am trying to make more of an effort.