Problems Only Whovians Understand
Recent stumbled onto this wonderful article: 20 Problems Only Whovians Can Understand.
Including such gems as:
20. Constantly Resisting The Urge To Say, ‘I Told You So.’
19. Having To Learn To Love The Main Character All Over Again And Again
This has been happening since 1966, so you might be forgiven for thinking that we’d all made peace with it by now. . . . It’s amazing Whovian Fandom isn’t more rife with abandonment issues than it is, honestly.
17. Learning To Suppress That Vague Resentment Of Newer Fans
. . . ‘YOU! You with your Fez and your unbridled joy! You weren’t there in 1989, man… You never lived through the JNT years… You weren’t there to have your heart briefly given hope again before being brutally ripped from your body and stomped on in 1996! You don’t know, man! You don’t KNOW…!’
16. Learning To Suppress That Vague Resentment Of Older Fans
14. Proprietarialism
. . . not unlike when your favorite little bar gets discovered and suddenly everybody is there, it’s hard not to feel just a little bit of resentment for having been there first.
12. The ‘I Hate (Insert Current Show Runner Here)’ Syndrome
. . . If Twitter had existed in 1965 it would have been full of declarations that John Wiles was the ‘Worst Thing to Ever Happen to Doctor Who.’
10. Feeling The Need To Defend Colin Baker
. . . A combination of weak scripting and production decisions that border on the inept side of complete lunacy did not do Mr. Baker any favors. . . . Getting to know what Colin Baker is actually like through interviews and appearances, and finding out that he’s one of the most gracious and humble people to have ever been involved with the show . . .
9. People Who Still Think It’s All About The Scarf
. . . Console yourself that in 30 years we’ll all be facing an identical fez problem.
2. The Nagging Fear That They’ll Stop Making It Again
It took a long time for Fandom to learn to trust again. . . . They’ve stopped making it before. Three times. As good as the current series is and as much global love as the show is receiving, one day this will all end.
In a way this is a positive thing. Having been through it all before, Fandom is remembering to enjoy it while it’s here.
Read it all and laugh and weep!
Including such gems as:
20. Constantly Resisting The Urge To Say, ‘I Told You So.’
19. Having To Learn To Love The Main Character All Over Again And Again
This has been happening since 1966, so you might be forgiven for thinking that we’d all made peace with it by now. . . . It’s amazing Whovian Fandom isn’t more rife with abandonment issues than it is, honestly.
17. Learning To Suppress That Vague Resentment Of Newer Fans
. . . ‘YOU! You with your Fez and your unbridled joy! You weren’t there in 1989, man… You never lived through the JNT years… You weren’t there to have your heart briefly given hope again before being brutally ripped from your body and stomped on in 1996! You don’t know, man! You don’t KNOW…!’
16. Learning To Suppress That Vague Resentment Of Older Fans
14. Proprietarialism
. . . not unlike when your favorite little bar gets discovered and suddenly everybody is there, it’s hard not to feel just a little bit of resentment for having been there first.
12. The ‘I Hate (Insert Current Show Runner Here)’ Syndrome
. . . If Twitter had existed in 1965 it would have been full of declarations that John Wiles was the ‘Worst Thing to Ever Happen to Doctor Who.’
10. Feeling The Need To Defend Colin Baker
. . . A combination of weak scripting and production decisions that border on the inept side of complete lunacy did not do Mr. Baker any favors. . . . Getting to know what Colin Baker is actually like through interviews and appearances, and finding out that he’s one of the most gracious and humble people to have ever been involved with the show . . .
9. People Who Still Think It’s All About The Scarf
. . . Console yourself that in 30 years we’ll all be facing an identical fez problem.
2. The Nagging Fear That They’ll Stop Making It Again
It took a long time for Fandom to learn to trust again. . . . They’ve stopped making it before. Three times. As good as the current series is and as much global love as the show is receiving, one day this will all end.
In a way this is a positive thing. Having been through it all before, Fandom is remembering to enjoy it while it’s here.
Read it all and laugh and weep!