I only heard of it that way too. I wasn't in fandom until August 2003, and even then I always hang around the fringes. I did the hang around MNF-BNF people over in Buffy and was one of the eaten one, so I didn't even attempt to do that in HP. Fandom is crazy enough, I don't really have a desire to attempt that here. Even in Buffy, I stumbled upon the names. It wasn't intentional. I don't understand social climbers. It makes no sense.
I have honestly thought about leaving fandom after reading this. Then I reminded myself that I have met so many intelligent, creative people through fandom. This woman is an aberration and hopefully not the norm.
I do worry. She and her cronies are still around. I wonder if this major post of charlottelennox sets off a new round of wankage and terror of Biblical proportions.
I hope she's not the norm either, but I'm afraid she might be, which is pretty damned terrifying. The only thing I can offer is that I'm not like her. I'm not devious, or a sociopath. I am who I am off and online. I see no point in trying to social climb. Like I told Erin, I've been around BNFs before and seen how they eat their own. It's not pretty, really really not pretty. And not worth it. They aren't worth losing a part of you over so you can be in the coveted circle. I was in the Buffy fandom before this and I left when subtle hints and then a verbal attack was dropped on about how I wasn't meshing in. I said fuck it and left. Which is why I'm not leaving HP. I won't give up another fandom because of some fucktwat that doesn't understand human interactions
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I do worry. She and her cronies are still around. I wonder if this major post of charlottelennox sets off a new round of wankage and terror of Biblical proportions.
It is good to be a small name fan, I may add.
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