I'm the depressing type I guess...

[darkgloom]

So. I was slightly stunned by the ratings for Kame's guest appearance on Mr. Brain. Then I got disappointed. And then I felt even worse for Kame when I read about the boycotting rumours (...is it a rumour if supposedly someone admitted to joining the boycott and then deleted the comment...?) and then I read that he reacted to the news by getting

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[lip_stick_love]

*hugs you*

Oh, honey. I totally understand. I had a horrible day yesterday, and the whole Kame-gate thing genuinely upset me, which is rare because I tend not to take fandom or things that happen in fandom too seriously.

However, the sort of hate that was bandied about yesterday in the Japanese & Chinese fandom? Towards a real person, and not some fictional character on a show or from a book? A person who has done nothing to warrant it? So not cool. I think we forget sometimes that in this fandom there are no fictional characters. I felt (and still do) so much for Kame.

Hopefully it will all blow over, but I confess to being incredibly worried with all the Gokusen PR coming up. People already have their knickers in a knot about MatsuJun & Jin not being in the film (and I don't think it has even crossed fandom's mind that perhaps they didn't want to be in the film, or couldn't be), and I just know where (and who) all that anger is going to get directed at.

I have now sworn to myself never to go near another Japanese or Chinese J.E. site ever again. It isn't good for one's health. They are all lunatics.

I so hope that rl gets better. When things go wrong or aren't going how we want them to in rl everything else seems worse too. It will pass.

Chin up lovely.

*hugs tight*

xxx

[darkgloom]

*hugs back* Yes, exactly that. :( I saw your post too and god, what bad timing for both of us. We probably wouldn't have gotten so down about it if things hadn't accumulated to this point. Usually, I'd get over it pretty quick and I don't really take fandom too seriously but this time with work and RL... I think reading the comms yesterday was a bad idea.

I can never understand how people could well and truly hate someone, especially someone they don't know personally and who has never done anything wrong like that. Not just Kame, although that is so befuddling enough, but anyone. :(

I'm trying to avoid thinking about Gokusen. You're entirely right that there's probably disgruntled fans would turn on Kame. I don't know why, but he always seems to be blamed for things out of his control.

Well, RL is getting there. I want to say getting better... but not quite there yet. XD But I'm done with work for this week so I'm pretty relieved.

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