Who killed our fandom? Fandom Rant part 2
Once upon a time far far away, there were two characters named Sirius Black and Draco Malfoy.
Sirus is one of the stars of my favorite fanon fic shoebox_project. Imagine my surprise and amusement at seeing this line in a recent long awaited chapter:
"You're only saying that," Remus replies vaguely, "because you only ever see drapery in your crystal ball."
"The professor says they're veils," Sirius mutters. "There's no need to bring that rubbish up again, now is there."
One line slapped almost 4,000 people with a dose of canon, and caused one of the biggest responses in Shoebox history.
Woe! Angst! OMGHOWCOULDYOUREMINDMETHATHE'SDEADJAIDAANDRAVE?!?
Why such a big response to a line that, as sad as it is, leads to canon?
Because some of the fandom can't handle that in canon world, JKR is the canon-definer and no matter what she says, she is correct.
Because some of the fandom can't just disagree with her views and choices. They take it over the top by saying she doesn't understand her own characters, is a horrible writer, and an idiot.
So some of the fandom, after waiting two to three years per book and reading fanfiction all the while, has gone into fanon and well.....stayed there.
It's gone from "If only I could meet a guy like Sirius or Draco!" to "I want Sirius.". or "I want Draco."
Wow. O.o
So how'd we get to this point boys and girls? Why are these characters worshiped and wanted by many? Why is Rowling a horrible writer for not understanding our love for these dark characters?
To answer that question, you must go back to the ones that started this downward spiral. Who's fault is it? Well I'll fucking tell you.
It's all A-Ha's fault.
Were stuck in a "Take on Me" world. :(
I understand that some of you still have Similac on your tongue so long story short, it's a great 80's song with a cool video that starts out with a woman in a diner. She's reading a comic when all of a sudden *gasp* the comic comes to life and a man beckons her into his world!
She follows, they frolic in his fanon world like two gazelle's in members only jackets with spiked hair and bad dance moves when all of a sudden OMG bad plummer men want to hurt them! Her mystery man protects her and bam! She's back in the real world again.
She goes home to weep for him when *gasp again* OMG he's in her mirror! He's going to break from his world into her world! He kicks comic frame by frame ass and whamo! He crosses the line from fanon into canon world and is no longer pastede on yay! They live happily ever after.
1The image is powerful, beautiful, and it gives you a lump in your throat; though you're not quite sure if it's because you just threw up a little, or because you're on the verge of weepiness.
And it's killed our fandom. :\
A-Ha must have gotten us while we were sleeping! Doobie do do do do do do a doobie do da!
Draco Malfoy is the blond sex god of the fandom. I went to a livejournal where a young girl posted how she cried, because she knows that she'll never meet Draco in real life and get to luveeee him like he needed to be luved. The responses to her posts TOTALLY agreed, I shit you not.
*HEADDESK*
Whyyyy are almost all JKR rants from Draco fans? Why is it that Draco fans are the ones most likely to get a case of the A-Ha's and start ranting about how JKR is:
A. Misguided
B. Wrong
C. Bitchy
D. All of the above! (Takeeee onnnn meeeeee)
in not seeing the potential of Draco and what he could do for her world? Did Draco pull an A-Ha and visit the Draco fans to tell his E!True Hollywood Story?
And let's clear up something right here and now, The A-Ha's aren't all coming from Tom Felton FANGIRLZ!11one!!1! It's coming from the adult Draco fans who swear that they are "above" all of this crap yet they're the main ones complaining.
Stupid video. :\ He even looks like a 80's Sirius, ugh.
*shakes fist*
2SCREW YOU A-HA! May you succumb to autoerotic asphyxiation you bastards!
1.Guest quote by adinaj69
2.This had to be added in because when I asked Adina about lead singer Morten Harket of A-Ha, she insisted that he had died of autoerotic asphyxiation. After a full 5 minutes of crying
from my end she realized that she had made a mistake
and that it was actually INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence that had died from that. Torn between relief
about Morten and grief
about Michael, I let out a sound from my mouth that sounded like a giraffe and wombat had been mutated together. It was disturbing for both of us.
Sirus is one of the stars of my favorite fanon fic shoebox_project. Imagine my surprise and amusement at seeing this line in a recent long awaited chapter:
"You're only saying that," Remus replies vaguely, "because you only ever see drapery in your crystal ball."
"The professor says they're veils," Sirius mutters. "There's no need to bring that rubbish up again, now is there."
One line slapped almost 4,000 people with a dose of canon, and caused one of the biggest responses in Shoebox history.
Woe! Angst! OMGHOWCOULDYOUREMINDMETHATHE'SDEADJAIDAANDRAVE?!?
Why such a big response to a line that, as sad as it is, leads to canon?
Because some of the fandom can't handle that in canon world, JKR is the canon-definer and no matter what she says, she is correct.
Because some of the fandom can't just disagree with her views and choices. They take it over the top by saying she doesn't understand her own characters, is a horrible writer, and an idiot.
So some of the fandom, after waiting two to three years per book and reading fanfiction all the while, has gone into fanon and well.....stayed there.
It's gone from "If only I could meet a guy like Sirius or Draco!" to "I want Sirius.". or "I want Draco."
Wow. O.o
So how'd we get to this point boys and girls? Why are these characters worshiped and wanted by many? Why is Rowling a horrible writer for not understanding our love for these dark characters?
To answer that question, you must go back to the ones that started this downward spiral. Who's fault is it? Well I'll fucking tell you.
It's all A-Ha's fault.
Were stuck in a "Take on Me" world. :(
I understand that some of you still have Similac on your tongue so long story short, it's a great 80's song with a cool video that starts out with a woman in a diner. She's reading a comic when all of a sudden *gasp* the comic comes to life and a man beckons her into his world!
She follows, they frolic in his fanon world like two gazelle's in members only jackets with spiked hair and bad dance moves when all of a sudden OMG bad plummer men want to hurt them! Her mystery man protects her and bam! She's back in the real world again.
She goes home to weep for him when *gasp again* OMG he's in her mirror! He's going to break from his world into her world! He kicks comic frame by frame ass and whamo! He crosses the line from fanon into canon world and is no longer pastede on yay! They live happily ever after.
1The image is powerful, beautiful, and it gives you a lump in your throat; though you're not quite sure if it's because you just threw up a little, or because you're on the verge of weepiness.
And it's killed our fandom. :\
A-Ha must have gotten us while we were sleeping! Doobie do do do do do do a doobie do da!
Draco Malfoy is the blond sex god of the fandom. I went to a livejournal where a young girl posted how she cried, because she knows that she'll never meet Draco in real life and get to luveeee him like he needed to be luved. The responses to her posts TOTALLY agreed, I shit you not.
*HEADDESK*
Whyyyy are almost all JKR rants from Draco fans? Why is it that Draco fans are the ones most likely to get a case of the A-Ha's and start ranting about how JKR is:
A. Misguided
B. Wrong
C. Bitchy
D. All of the above! (Takeeee onnnn meeeeee)
in not seeing the potential of Draco and what he could do for her world? Did Draco pull an A-Ha and visit the Draco fans to tell his E!True Hollywood Story?
And let's clear up something right here and now, The A-Ha's aren't all coming from Tom Felton FANGIRLZ!11one!!1! It's coming from the adult Draco fans who swear that they are "above" all of this crap yet they're the main ones complaining.
Stupid video. :\ He even looks like a 80's Sirius, ugh.
*shakes fist*
2SCREW YOU A-HA! May you succumb to autoerotic asphyxiation you bastards!
1.Guest quote by adinaj69
2.This had to be added in because when I asked Adina about lead singer Morten Harket of A-Ha, she insisted that he had died of autoerotic asphyxiation. After a full 5 minutes of crying
from my end she realized that she had made a mistake
and that it was actually INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence that had died from that. Torn between relief
about Morten and grief
about Michael, I let out a sound from my mouth that sounded like a giraffe and wombat had been mutated together. It was disturbing for both of us.