The most hated character in fandom is always the one that you love.

Alternately, the most loved character in fandom is the one you can't stand.

( Don't believe me? )

I've had this post simmering for a while. I've noticed an interesting distinction in fannish opinion and discussion along the lines of the Doylian vs Watsonian divide of viewpoints. I guess this all crystallized in reading the comments to my episode polls. I've come to grok that there's another division of viewpoint among fans. I'm lacking in terms ( Read more... )

I've been having an interesting time going through fail_fandomanon. I don't usually look at anon memes, but there's some thought-provoking discussion on that one. Also, some cringe-inducing and icky discussion. However, I'm largely intrigued by it in that nerdy, sociological way of mine.

I came across one thread recently about reviewing fanfic in one's own ( Read more... )

My, it's a poll-y coupla days. Anyway, consider this Part 2 of my previous poll on OTPs. Thanks to the comments, I've gathered a number of OTP-related questions to see what the general fandom consensus is on this term.

13 questions on this one. Anybody can take it. Even those who don't have an OTP. It's dealing with definitions so answer to the ( Read more... )

* Check out the follow-up poll for this post. It's much more comprehensive. And longer (which means it's more fun).

I found this post (through metafandom, I believe) on OTPness to be interesting. Especially some of the ensuing discussion/disagreement. I was struck by what I saw as a huge definitional gap between some of the participants as to what having an ( Read more... )

I had something of a revelation the other day during a shower (most of my best ideas come during showers). This isn't directly inspired by anything in specific, though it is the result of me mulling over various discussions on social justice that I've either seen or taken part in ( Read more... )

You know, I've been playing around with thoughts concerning shippers, sexism, and fandom in my head (prompted by some discussions at penny_lane_42's place). I hadn't quite gotten my thoughts organized in a way that I felt properly addressed my concerns. Now, though, I ran across something that made me flail, and I'm just gonna rant ( Read more... )

Meh. I'm feeling all icky and I kinda wanna just curl up and watch random South Park episodes on my comp, but it seems like a timely time to take up the topic of lurkers and why I wield pom-poms for them. Any incoherency is strictly due to me being stupid, not the sickliness ( Read more... )

I do have an actual substantial post for today. Because I have a lot of thoughts churning in my head, and I want to kinda put them in words and see if they make any sense ( Read more... )

I don't have much to say about the current slash appropriation brouhaha going on at metafandom. Oh I have thoughts on it. But I'm not a slasher or a gay man so I have no bone in that one so my thoughts are largely irrelevant.

But the topic has spawned a few tangential posts that have caught my interest. This post by miera_c got some wheels turning. Then this one ( Read more... )