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I'm depressed and scared. Ugly things are happening in the fandom-land. People all around my flist are locking their journals. I know what's going on and I truly hope that all this is just a temporary thing, but somehow I doubt it. I'm afraid that once the fandom goes into hiding it will stay there, because it's just a simple human psychology to be paranoid and want to protect yourself from outsiders. And I know for a fact that I would also do the same thing if my journal's content was even remotely connected with this whole current brouhaha. But it's not. I think. I hope. Yeah... I'm not a writer, just a multifandomish reader who mostly posts about due South. But the thing is, I read all those people who are forced to flock. I'm maybe a lurker in their ljs and they don't know me from Adam, but their stories are important to me, they make me smile and cry. So now on top of the general ugliness of the situation I worry about simply missing some fanfic what with it being flocked and all. And I hate asking people to add me, I feel very awkward doing it, I’m weird like that.
Anyway, this whole situation isn’t just genuinely upsetting me, I’m scared because of it. And I really hope it’s just a paranoiac pessimist in me who’s speaking right now and all will be well in a week or two.
Due South seems like a safe haven right now. I have about 40 unread stories in my folder, so I think I’ll go and catch up on my reading, spam people with my inane three-word comments. Some Fraser/RayK porny schmoop is a sure way to cheer me up. :)
ETA: Heh, now I feel relieved and kind of silly! All rumour, all the way - people are sometimes insane. But seriously, I spent the last 24 hours worrying myself sick, people in different fandoms, my favourite authors kept locking their journals, some were on the verge of temporal deletion. I totally bought into it. *g*
ETA2 (2007/05/29): Well, it looks like the rumours were partially true and the world is going crazy. Shame on you, Six Apart. Fuck you, WFI.
Anyway, this whole situation isn’t just genuinely upsetting me, I’m scared because of it. And I really hope it’s just a paranoiac pessimist in me who’s speaking right now and all will be well in a week or two.
Due South seems like a safe haven right now. I have about 40 unread stories in my folder, so I think I’ll go and catch up on my reading, spam people with my inane three-word comments. Some Fraser/RayK porny schmoop is a sure way to cheer me up. :)
ETA: Heh, now I feel relieved and kind of silly! All rumour, all the way - people are sometimes insane. But seriously, I spent the last 24 hours worrying myself sick, people in different fandoms, my favourite authors kept locking their journals, some were on the verge of temporal deletion. I totally bought into it. *g*
ETA2 (2007/05/29): Well, it looks like the rumours were partially true and the world is going crazy. Shame on you, Six Apart. Fuck you, WFI.