I'm getting the feeling that you don't like subjectivity, but it's something that every fan brings to the table. Every fan has their own life experiences that inform how they view characters, relationships, and entire media works. From your tone I'm getting that you don't accept the fact that there are fans different from you who have different reasons to like different things about the same media work.
See, other fans are not interested in your own personal narrative because they are fans of the original work, not your personal derived content. Whenever you bring your personal narrative to a discussion about original work you simply make things up.
Just because you can't see a homoerotic subtext in Star Trek, or Sherlock, or Supernatural, doesn't mean that other fans don't subjectively see it. There's a concept in fan theory called meta text, which includes the text of the media work, all fan works about the media work, and all journalism about the media work. All of those come into play when we look at the original text, because we don't view media in a vacuum. When I first got into fan theory, I had never seen Star Trek. I knew about it, but I had never seen it. I then read a book on the Star Trek fandom that talked about Kirk/Spock, and that informed how I looked at Star Trek when I did see it. You can't unsee a thing when it's pointed out to you.
Again, I think you have a problem with the fact that other people subjectively see the original work differently than you do. Everyone is subjective. Media doesn't exist in a vacuum. There is nothing wrong with someone over-identifying with a character, and you imply it's something that shouldn't be desired in fandom. And identifying with a character doesn't mean you don't analyze them or get annoyed with them.
Shippers are seen as lesser because they largely cannot draw the line between the content of the work and their own ideas, wishes and hopes inspired by and derived from the original work. They are not fans of the original work, they are fans of the derived content. This is the root of the conflict between shippers and non-shippers.
Again, we all approach the metatext differently. By saying that shippers cannot draw the line between the work and their interpretation dismisses the impact the metatext has on EVERYONE. Like I said earlier, media does not exist in a vacuum.
See, other fans are not interested in your own personal narrative because they are fans of the original work, not your personal derived content. Whenever you bring your personal narrative to a discussion about original work you simply make things up.
Just because you can't see a homoerotic subtext in Star Trek, or Sherlock, or Supernatural, doesn't mean that other fans don't subjectively see it. There's a concept in fan theory called meta text, which includes the text of the media work, all fan works about the media work, and all journalism about the media work. All of those come into play when we look at the original text, because we don't view media in a vacuum. When I first got into fan theory, I had never seen Star Trek. I knew about it, but I had never seen it. I then read a book on the Star Trek fandom that talked about Kirk/Spock, and that informed how I looked at Star Trek when I did see it. You can't unsee a thing when it's pointed out to you.
Again, I think you have a problem with the fact that other people subjectively see the original work differently than you do. Everyone is subjective. Media doesn't exist in a vacuum. There is nothing wrong with someone over-identifying with a character, and you imply it's something that shouldn't be desired in fandom. And identifying with a character doesn't mean you don't analyze them or get annoyed with them.
Shippers are seen as lesser because they largely cannot draw the line between the content of the work and their own ideas, wishes and hopes inspired by and derived from the original work. They are not fans of the original work, they are fans of the derived content. This is the root of the conflict between shippers and non-shippers.
Again, we all approach the metatext differently. By saying that shippers cannot draw the line between the work and their interpretation dismisses the impact the metatext has on EVERYONE. Like I said earlier, media does not exist in a vacuum.
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