The End of an Era
Goodbye Smallville.
SV fandom was the first fandom I'd ever become deeply involved with. I mean, very deeply. From letter writing campaigns, to sending spoons and postcards, and pencils, to delving into the world of fanfiction for the very first time. It's been both exciting and frustrating. Over the years, I've had a love-hate relationship with the show. There were times the writing and execution of the show were brilliant, and then other times equally so horrid, that even grammar school kids could craft better plot lines. After a time I grew disillusioned with both the show and fandom itself. I stopped watching, because I felt that my favorite characters, who happened to be secondary characters, were constantly being screwed over. I encountered hatred and venom from other fans, who were disgusted with any attention my favorite characters received. The only reason Smallville kept me as a fan, was because of two characters: Chloe Sullivan and Oliver Queen. I loved them both equally for many reasons, and wanted so badly for them to be together, because it was so right. Chlollie is just so right, it doesn't matter what the comics say. And people who cling to one version of the story, seem to forget that comics are constantly evolving and changing over the years. They refuse to accept, that Smallville's version of Oliver Queen, ends up happily married, and has a son with a woman he loves deeply. You can keep your comic version, if it makes you feel better, I'll keep mine.
The show miraculously gave me what I wanted. Chloe and Oliver ended the show happily married with a son. No one and nothing will convince me that their ending was left "open". The haters and naysayers can believe what they want. I won't debate with people who'd rather pull crazy theories out of their asses, than believe what was shown to us onscreen.
That said, I don't think I will ever involve myself in another fandom as deeply as I have with Smallville. I will never become so invested in a show, or a TV couple again. I love Merlin, and I love Arwen, but I can never see myself involved in letter writing, fic writing, etc. And now that Smallville is over, I don't see myself being very active in anything other than Chlollie fandom, and interacting with the amazing friends I've made because of this couple. After the things I've read recently, I no longer have the stomach for overall general Smallville fandom. It saddens me that people will go out of their way to shit all over something other people love, to try to bring us down, to spout hateful, hurtful things just to try to prove a point that has no basis in anything other than their imaginations. It was not onscreen. They'd rather denigrate what others enjoy, disrespect and insult their fellow fans, instead of simply leaving us alone. The hypocrisy of haters disgusts and saddens me, and I won't be visiting certain places ever again. I will leave them to grasp at their straws. Sweet freedom.
Goodbye Smallville. I'm taking what I want and leaving the rest behind. Thank you for giving me Chlollie, and their beautiful happy ending. It's all I ever wanted. Chloe and Oliver defied comic mythos. The sky didn't fall.
Like father, like son: (courtesy of fidesangelus on tumblr)
Courtesy of tehzo on tumblr:
courtesy of fyeahchollie on tumblr:
And just because they are so pretty (from mandylove on tumblr):
from fyeahchlollie:
from tehzo:
SV fandom was the first fandom I'd ever become deeply involved with. I mean, very deeply. From letter writing campaigns, to sending spoons and postcards, and pencils, to delving into the world of fanfiction for the very first time. It's been both exciting and frustrating. Over the years, I've had a love-hate relationship with the show. There were times the writing and execution of the show were brilliant, and then other times equally so horrid, that even grammar school kids could craft better plot lines. After a time I grew disillusioned with both the show and fandom itself. I stopped watching, because I felt that my favorite characters, who happened to be secondary characters, were constantly being screwed over. I encountered hatred and venom from other fans, who were disgusted with any attention my favorite characters received. The only reason Smallville kept me as a fan, was because of two characters: Chloe Sullivan and Oliver Queen. I loved them both equally for many reasons, and wanted so badly for them to be together, because it was so right. Chlollie is just so right, it doesn't matter what the comics say. And people who cling to one version of the story, seem to forget that comics are constantly evolving and changing over the years. They refuse to accept, that Smallville's version of Oliver Queen, ends up happily married, and has a son with a woman he loves deeply. You can keep your comic version, if it makes you feel better, I'll keep mine.
The show miraculously gave me what I wanted. Chloe and Oliver ended the show happily married with a son. No one and nothing will convince me that their ending was left "open". The haters and naysayers can believe what they want. I won't debate with people who'd rather pull crazy theories out of their asses, than believe what was shown to us onscreen.
That said, I don't think I will ever involve myself in another fandom as deeply as I have with Smallville. I will never become so invested in a show, or a TV couple again. I love Merlin, and I love Arwen, but I can never see myself involved in letter writing, fic writing, etc. And now that Smallville is over, I don't see myself being very active in anything other than Chlollie fandom, and interacting with the amazing friends I've made because of this couple. After the things I've read recently, I no longer have the stomach for overall general Smallville fandom. It saddens me that people will go out of their way to shit all over something other people love, to try to bring us down, to spout hateful, hurtful things just to try to prove a point that has no basis in anything other than their imaginations. It was not onscreen. They'd rather denigrate what others enjoy, disrespect and insult their fellow fans, instead of simply leaving us alone. The hypocrisy of haters disgusts and saddens me, and I won't be visiting certain places ever again. I will leave them to grasp at their straws. Sweet freedom.
Goodbye Smallville. I'm taking what I want and leaving the rest behind. Thank you for giving me Chlollie, and their beautiful happy ending. It's all I ever wanted. Chloe and Oliver defied comic mythos. The sky didn't fall.
Like father, like son: (courtesy of fidesangelus on tumblr)
Courtesy of tehzo on tumblr:
courtesy of fyeahchollie on tumblr:
And just because they are so pretty (from mandylove on tumblr):
from fyeahchlollie:
from tehzo: