I'm wondering...

[minako85]

*Curtain raises on a dark stage.*
When I was an highschooler I was very active in the fandom...
Now,wait.Not really active...but I followed fandom greatly.I read tons of fanfiction,I even wrote them (but never published because I'm shy and I have a low self-esteem),I knew everything about my passion (from Sailor Moon to Saiyuki),collected every

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[mony_chan]

I must agreed with you on this...
Like you said fandom seems like an obsession more than a pleasure lately...
And believe me I have seen a lot of crazy things...
Because they tent to go overboard, and end up hurting people just because they are stupid... Like in the D-BOYS fandom ~___~
I use to LoVe that Fandom, I still like the boys, though I don't talk much about them... [I fear for my life DX]

Regarding Anime, well I'm pretty disconnected, since In Mexico we don't get much of it unless, you have paid programming, and the channels aren't that good either... [I have Animax, and I just like 3 series :X]
Besides, just two of my friends like anime, and none of them are obsess fans XD;;;

About the YAOI thing, well I must admit that i like it, since I was twelve, and knew about Minami Ozaki & Kazuma Kodaka... I LoVe their stories :3 so maybe if it weren't yaoi but het, and were still as powerful I wouldn't mind...
But sometimes YAOI stories are better than het... because they are more complex, the bad thing about most of them, it's that the majority are just plot-less ...
The huge plus it's just the Art, they are better drawn * shrugs*

[minako85]

I agree with the art part.Yaoi art is most of the time just amazing.
For the plot problem,it's also in het mangas.In Italy one of the two biggest manga editors is starting publishing very simple shoujo mangas,that in the end are all very similar and with the same plot (ALWAYS a love triangle).You read one and you read everyone else.the main target of these stories are teens,but for an old otaku like me,they are just boring.
For the anime part,here in Italy the censorship ruins many products.They buy animes that are for teens and adapt them to make them see to kids,with terrible results:chaotic plot,senseless dubbing and black and white scenes just because there is a drop of blood.
MTV started airing more mature animes without great censorship,but the titles aren't very appealing in these days.
In the end,youtube and downloading are the only way to see a good not censored anime.

[mony_chan]

Yes, and sometimes it's the only good thing :|

*sighs* I know what you mean, editors just look out for the profit of thing, believe me, I know some... *rolls eyes* and they are dense and narrow mind too...*sighs*
Yes in manga it's almost all the same :(

Censorship ruins everything, not just anime. >|
You know, that's what I don't get... Why in some countries everyone think that anime or cartoons are for kids and the same goes for video games *sighs*

The we only have the net... Sad but true...

[minako85]

Totally true.
Here in Italy many people hate one of the two biggest editor companies because of the terrible editing of the mangas.And also the translation is sometime really bad.
Sometimes I think I'm a better editor than those who make it for work. =_=

[mony_chan]

Yes, editors always take away the better parts... They are not fun at all :(
Yes, I think so too, any one can made it better than them... :|