Meme-age
When you see this, post five unpopular fandom opinions in your journal.
I could talk about specific fandoms, but then I realized that I've always been the most unpopular when I'm being meta. So:
5) The actors don't owe fans anything just for being fans. Actors most especially do not owe the fans to stay in one role if they want to take another one.
4) The writers don't owe fans anything either; they owe their muse and their employers. They're going to write what gets them ratings and therefore cash and what makes them happy (probably in that order).
3) Fandom has never been a big enough demographic to keep anything afloat all on its own. Not even Potter fandom. ETA: Not Star Trek fandom either. That was our big chance to show fandom's power and it led to a quick recancellation.
2) Actors do not create characters. Actors are only part of the committee including writers, directors, producers, and occasionally makeup artists who create characters.
1) It's just a book/movie/TV show, no matter how much you love it and how deep you're into fandom. The fate of real people > the fate of fictional characters.*
*As of this last MediaWest, there's someone who's been pissed at me for 18 years for saying that, so it wins the unpopularity poll.
I could talk about specific fandoms, but then I realized that I've always been the most unpopular when I'm being meta. So:
5) The actors don't owe fans anything just for being fans. Actors most especially do not owe the fans to stay in one role if they want to take another one.
4) The writers don't owe fans anything either; they owe their muse and their employers. They're going to write what gets them ratings and therefore cash and what makes them happy (probably in that order).
3) Fandom has never been a big enough demographic to keep anything afloat all on its own. Not even Potter fandom. ETA: Not Star Trek fandom either. That was our big chance to show fandom's power and it led to a quick recancellation.
2) Actors do not create characters. Actors are only part of the committee including writers, directors, producers, and occasionally makeup artists who create characters.
1) It's just a book/movie/TV show, no matter how much you love it and how deep you're into fandom. The fate of real people > the fate of fictional characters.*
*As of this last MediaWest, there's someone who's been pissed at me for 18 years for saying that, so it wins the unpopularity poll.