laying low
I haven't been around much lately, online or otherwise. I've been busy with work mostly, and trying to recuperate from my 2 weeks of hell.
But mostly I've been trying to steer clear of fandom crap. Most of you know I don't like conflict and tend to run from it unless it directly confronts me. Fandom is fun for me, and I don't want to have it ruined by a bunch of fighting and crap. Up until recently I've managed to avoid most of it, simply turning a blind eye and burying my head in the sand. But it's slowly creeping into my little corner of the universe and it makes me very sad.
After tonight's SGA, I'm too scared to even open my flist. Besides the fact that I'm sad about what's transpired on the show tonight, I'm sad that I feel this way about fandom too. I feel like something else has died for me tonight besides a fictional character.
I seem to be one of the few who liked Weir AND Carter. And I am sorry that the powers that be couldn't allow them to co-exist together, peacefully or otherwise. I'm sad that some people can't seem to separate the character(s) from the actress(es) and bash the real people as well. All shows transform and go through cylces of change. We've all watched SG-1 go through several cycles of it. Some better than others, but that's the way it goes. I can't believe after all I went through with SG-1 that SGA would fracture things so badly.
Of course, I'm speaking from my own little corner of the galaxy. I understand that frictions have probably been there all along, I'm just now really getting a taste of it.
I'll get off my soapbox now, that's all I wanted to say.
I'll continue to write and live in my little corner of denial. Where some of my favorite characters are still around and I can make things how I want them to be. That's part of what makes fanfiction fun, right?
But I'll miss them *sniffles*
But mostly I've been trying to steer clear of fandom crap. Most of you know I don't like conflict and tend to run from it unless it directly confronts me. Fandom is fun for me, and I don't want to have it ruined by a bunch of fighting and crap. Up until recently I've managed to avoid most of it, simply turning a blind eye and burying my head in the sand. But it's slowly creeping into my little corner of the universe and it makes me very sad.
After tonight's SGA, I'm too scared to even open my flist. Besides the fact that I'm sad about what's transpired on the show tonight, I'm sad that I feel this way about fandom too. I feel like something else has died for me tonight besides a fictional character.
I seem to be one of the few who liked Weir AND Carter. And I am sorry that the powers that be couldn't allow them to co-exist together, peacefully or otherwise. I'm sad that some people can't seem to separate the character(s) from the actress(es) and bash the real people as well. All shows transform and go through cylces of change. We've all watched SG-1 go through several cycles of it. Some better than others, but that's the way it goes. I can't believe after all I went through with SG-1 that SGA would fracture things so badly.
Of course, I'm speaking from my own little corner of the galaxy. I understand that frictions have probably been there all along, I'm just now really getting a taste of it.
I'll get off my soapbox now, that's all I wanted to say.
I'll continue to write and live in my little corner of denial. Where some of my favorite characters are still around and I can make things how I want them to be. That's part of what makes fanfiction fun, right?
But I'll miss them *sniffles*