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moeyknight

Why I Wish Fans Would Just Shut Up Already

Apr 12, 2008 20:22

I think that in my mind, I've been done discussing in fandom (any fandom) for a while. I mean, it started out really annoying over at HPforGU (AKA GRUMPS) and then we all found our own little nitches at sites and it was good. We had a good run where you could have great, in-depth discussions on the books without a whole lot of annoying bitching ( Read more... )

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anonymous April 13 2008, 00:30:09 UTC

Hallelujah!

I love taking part in discussions with my f-list and DW has it problems, like any show, but the nitpicking drives me nuts and last week I made a resolution to stay away from anything that looked like it would irritate or annoy me.

So far my week has been a lot brighter!

moeyknight April 13 2008, 00:32:57 UTC

Hi anonymous! Yes, I am looking forward to my weeks being brighter too. :D

anonymous April 13 2008, 01:18:02 UTC

Sorry for being a bad little anonymouse, but I am currently using someone else's computer.

I adore Martha, Rose and Donna. Freema comes across as very sweet, Billie is wonderful and Catherine cracks me up. Why on earth do I not only have to choose, but feel the need to defend my choices ?

So far I find I have a lot more energy because fandom is not pissing me off, and I have been able to concentrat on critical things, like revision for impending finals!

harpinred April 13 2008, 00:39:31 UTC

And this is why I stay in my shiny little Dr./Rose tower and don't venture out.

moeyknight April 13 2008, 00:52:14 UTC

Yes, and this is why I have to go finish reading your stories. To get back to that shiny, happy place. :D

harpinred April 13 2008, 01:47:22 UTC

LOL I hope you like them.

wahlee_98 April 13 2008, 00:45:38 UTC

A-freakin'-men. I don't like to read some people's reviews of DW mainly because all they can do is complain about it. Are there some things about DW that bug me? Oh, yeah. Do I dwell on them? No. If I didn't think Last of the Time Lords was all that great, I'll just watch Smith and Jones 87 times instead.

I think the problem is some fans have unrealistic expectations. No show or book or series or what have you is going to hit a home run every single time. Heck, Jane Austen is my favorite author, but even with her works I like some better than others. But does that mean that I spend every hour of every day outlining the exact reasons why I could take or leave Sense and Sensibility, or why Mansfield Park is practically chloroform in print? No! It means I'll just read Pride and Prejudice again. :P

So. Count me in on your love-fests.

moeyknight April 13 2008, 00:53:13 UTC

Yay. Hopefully tomorrow after I lose the sinus headache, I'll post something love-festy. :D

wahlee_98 April 13 2008, 01:00:36 UTC

:D

I'm trying to work out my own pattern for knitted Adipose. I don't have any cream-colored yarn at the moment, though. Maybe I need to make a JoAnn's run. . .

moeyknight April 13 2008, 01:27:05 UTC

Yay! I can't wait to see it!

sarka April 13 2008, 01:05:54 UTC

I'm fine with people pointing out all the flaws and everything. I mean, I'll survive. But what really, REALLY gets to me is the character hate.

It's like the whole Martha vs. Rose thing. I mean, I love Rose. Love and adore her. And the Doctor clearly loves and adores her, too. But Martha is AWESOME. And Martha saved the world. Give her some credit!

I mean, intellectually, I understand having a particular fondness for one of the other. (Actually I don't, though, I'm not sure I could choose between them if you held a gun to my head.) But does that mean you have to hate the one that isn't your favourite? Seriously? Is that, like, a rule?

moeyknight April 13 2008, 01:26:06 UTC

Yeah, that bugs me a lot. Martha totally rocks but there are fans that pretend S3 didn't happen. If that's the case, then you aren't really a fan of the show. Your a fan (in your head) of what you think the show should be.

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sarka April 13 2008, 23:29:23 UTC

Oh, the pestering of Martha with the excellent qualities of Rose was just a badly done tell-not-show. It was all "THE DOCTOR MISSES ROSE. HAVE YOU NOTICED YET? NO? LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DOCTOR EXPOUND UPON THIS AT GREAT LENGTH NOW WHILE MARTHA LOOKS JEALOUS."

Seriously. Lack of imagination on the writer's part, if you ask me.

ack_attack April 13 2008, 01:07:46 UTC

AMEN, SISTER!!!!!!!

Fandom is a scary place. I am obviously super active within my own fandoms, but I'm also not crazy. And I know a lot of people who are, in fact, crazy. People who think they should run things, people who forget they are talking about fictional characters, people who probably don't have any friends in real life and are so socially inept that they feel the need to freak out on people because they are so ~*passionate*~ about their fandom. They need to cut it out and go outside with the rest of the world. God.

moeyknight April 13 2008, 01:24:29 UTC

This is why I love you and your blog(s!). Because it's all about the LOVE. And by LOVE I mean the LOVE to hate Jack. LOL

Haha. I had a line in there about miserable, depressed, no-friend-having individuals, but I took it out. But it is TRUE.

ack_attack April 13 2008, 01:29:25 UTC

LOL I certainly do love to hate Jack. And it IS about the love! That's why I always get so amused when people flip out at me over making fun of Jack because hi HE ISN'T REAL. I could say anything I want about him and it would matter. Jack eats babies!! See? Nothing lol.

moeyknight April 13 2008, 01:38:56 UTC

LOL! The writers are writing him to be mocked, as far as I'm concerned. And if that isn't their intent, then that is a big flaw on their part. Or it could be just Matthew Fox - that's a very real possibility. (BTW, I'm curious how they are going to work in the famous Matthew Fox™ Tears for his role as Racer X in Speed Racer.)