Does it really matter who “friends” you?
Today, I went on a friending spree and found someone who had some interesting fandom posts. I didn’t recognize the name but I have heard of some of the people of her f-list. I liked what I saw and so I friended her.
Well, apparently, this did not sit well with her. I made a comment to one of her posts and her reply was basically a request that I remove her as she did not want people who supported disgusting pairings like Lucius/Hermione to be associated with her.
My jaw literally dropped and I had to read the reply several times to make sure I had read it correctly.
Now I know that there are people who will never friend me for many reasons, including my beloved ships. And I know that some of you will eventually defriend me because you don’t want the shit I talk about clogging up your flists. Hell, I bet a lot of you are already at the point where you wish I’d STFU about L/Hr and are thisclose to defriending me.
And I’m cool with that. I never friend people with expectation that they will add me back or if they do, that they will keep me on for all eternity.
But it never even occurred me that my shipping preferences would be such a big deal, that someone might not even want me on their fo-list. This has really shocked me. Maybe it shouldn’t, but it does.
I mean, I can understand in some cases why people might not want certain types of people of reading their LJs, like minors, or trolls. But even then, you really can’t stop them unless you f-lock everything. Even banning their LJ doesn’t always work because they can still log out and read your public entries.
In closing, now I know how all the oppressed Harmonians feel.
*emo!tear*