I find it so funny that I am never aware of ANY wank that goes on in the TF fandom until I hear about it from others. It's funny to me, since I seemed to unintentionally cause a lot of the wank in the fandom I was heavily into before this.
But you guys...Are making me wonder what happened XD
Well if you're aware of the LJ_comm fandomsecrets then you can probably guess the rest.
if you're not: someone made a secret about how, after lurking for three weeks, they hoped the TF fandom would crash and burn. Someone concurred with them and made a list of people who ruin the fandom, the rainmakers was mentioned so vivid_ambrosia asked them how exactly it is we're shitting up the place. Then a huge name-calling bitch fest broke out.
having now waded through the shitstorm...fly_buggy_flyOctober 17 2010, 13:50:55 UTC
...WAT.
Wow.
I mean, when I first found the rainmakers group on here and was excited about finding YAYART!, I was quite a bit intimidated by you guys. I was banned from the HUGE message board from my old fandom (by the infamous ty-chou, of all people) because my opinions were not of the popular variety, and I've been kind of leary of the BNFs in newer fandoms because of that. Given that, and that difficulty with distinguishing sarcasm from sincerity that occurs on the net, I was a bit terrified to comment on anything you guys did, even though I loved it.
I can still find the collective you a bit...rough around the edges at times, but...Not like the anons in that thread made you out to be *_*
Are we all twelve again, or what? Mostly, I've found this fandom to be incredibly welcoming, especially when I was an ignorant newbie with only BW under my belt.
I never make sense when I try to explain myself, story of my lifepuffintalkOctober 17 2010, 15:03:11 UTC
we're monsters who live of the blood of infants, clearly.
I always get sad when I hear that people are intimidated by us, I usually aim to be as nice and welcoming to regular fans as my trust-issues allow me, which isn't a lot but hey. I can see where in our behaviour you're coming from though, and I'll be the last to deny that we tend take things one step further or trigger a sea of drama based on a comment or critic. The thing with that is, at least for me, I really hate political correctness and I try not to hide my own opinions behind a false curtain of politeness, so when someone have drawn something terrible in all senses of the words, I will say so. I'm however truly sorry for the people on the side-line, who've done nothing wrong, that have to experience this. orz
Re: I never make sense when I try to explain myself, story of my lifefly_buggy_flyOctober 17 2010, 15:16:18 UTC
LOL, I think a lot of it has to do with my own social issues. I am also not the kind of person to call my friends anything "mean," no matter how silly I'm being. Sometimes, I'm not sure how to deal with that kind of stuff (I'm also not sure how to deal with strokingpenis and expletives for the same reason.). Mostly, I'm kind of a shy person, so it seems scary to me: "Whatif I do something wrong and get laughed at?" is a big part of my problem (how grown up I am!)
But you guys...Are making me wonder what happened XD
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if you're not: someone made a secret about how, after lurking for three weeks, they hoped the TF fandom would crash and burn. Someone concurred with them and made a list of people who ruin the fandom, the rainmakers was mentioned so vivid_ambrosia asked them how exactly it is we're shitting up the place. Then a huge name-calling bitch fest broke out.
I wish I was awake when it happened
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Must go look now!
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Wow.
I mean, when I first found the rainmakers group on here and was excited about finding YAYART!, I was quite a bit intimidated by you guys. I was banned from the HUGE message board from my old fandom (by the infamous ty-chou, of all people) because my opinions were not of the popular variety, and I've been kind of leary of the BNFs in newer fandoms because of that. Given that, and that difficulty with distinguishing sarcasm from sincerity that occurs on the net, I was a bit terrified to comment on anything you guys did, even though I loved it.
I can still find the collective you a bit...rough around the edges at times, but...Not like the anons in that thread made you out to be *_*
Are we all twelve again, or what? Mostly, I've found this fandom to be incredibly welcoming, especially when I was an ignorant newbie with only BW under my belt.
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I always get sad when I hear that people are intimidated by us, I usually aim to be as nice and welcoming to regular fans as my trust-issues allow me, which isn't a lot but hey. I can see where in our behaviour you're coming from though, and I'll be the last to deny that we tend take things one step further or trigger a sea of drama based on a comment or critic.
The thing with that is, at least for me, I really hate political correctness and I try not to hide my own opinions behind a false curtain of politeness, so when someone have drawn something terrible in all senses of the words, I will say so.
I'm however truly sorry for the people on the side-line, who've done nothing wrong, that have to experience this. orz
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