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timepiececlockYou know, I was thinking about this whole wanky fan thing with Spike vs. no-Spike fans of AtS.
I know it's, like, a whole 2 days too late to post on this topic, but I'm slow like that. I didn't even know what was what until it was half-over.
It's seems to be offensive to some (that they're being labelled crazy), amusingly to others, brilliant to some, and stupid to the rest who don't care either way. I think I sort of agree with all of those groups.
I can sympathize with wanting to start a group where you discuss the characters you like, as opposed to the characters you don't like. That's what all fans do.
I think it does look silly, though, when it's not one character to the exclusion of all others, but rather all others to the exclusion of one. I don't know why the one strikes me as silly and the former doesn't, but it does. No help there.
I think we should stop generalizing people into categories of "crazy verses non crazy." I'm guilty of that as much as any shipper, but to be honest? -- If you spend this much of your time talking and writing about a tv show or book that you like and going to cons, then it doesn't really matter if you spell properly or use netspeak, or if you type-squeal or talk in a refined collegean manner. Because you're still here, doing the fan thing. You. are. fans. At your heart, you are no different that the 13 year old squealy ones. We're all doing the same essential thing. Accept that. Anything else is pretentiousness.
Disagree? You think there are fans who qualify as a freak, and you don't?
Well, if they literally kill someone in the name of character-worship, that qualifies as insane radical freakdom. Flaming fanfics or bashing posts is just the internet, and everyone's tried it, no matter how mature or noble.
That said, this whole thing does kinda amuse me. I mean, what if we were all Gunn worshipers? Then would there be communities out there, strictly forbidding any and all discussion of Gunn?
I really have no feelings about Xander. Maybe I should have a no-Xander rule. oOhoh... Scaaaar--ry.
I know it's, like, a whole 2 days too late to post on this topic, but I'm slow like that. I didn't even know what was what until it was half-over.
It's seems to be offensive to some (that they're being labelled crazy), amusingly to others, brilliant to some, and stupid to the rest who don't care either way. I think I sort of agree with all of those groups.
I can sympathize with wanting to start a group where you discuss the characters you like, as opposed to the characters you don't like. That's what all fans do.
I think it does look silly, though, when it's not one character to the exclusion of all others, but rather all others to the exclusion of one. I don't know why the one strikes me as silly and the former doesn't, but it does. No help there.
I think we should stop generalizing people into categories of "crazy verses non crazy." I'm guilty of that as much as any shipper, but to be honest? -- If you spend this much of your time talking and writing about a tv show or book that you like and going to cons, then it doesn't really matter if you spell properly or use netspeak, or if you type-squeal or talk in a refined collegean manner. Because you're still here, doing the fan thing. You. are. fans. At your heart, you are no different that the 13 year old squealy ones. We're all doing the same essential thing. Accept that. Anything else is pretentiousness.
Disagree? You think there are fans who qualify as a freak, and you don't?
Well, if they literally kill someone in the name of character-worship, that qualifies as insane radical freakdom. Flaming fanfics or bashing posts is just the internet, and everyone's tried it, no matter how mature or noble.
That said, this whole thing does kinda amuse me. I mean, what if we were all Gunn worshipers? Then would there be communities out there, strictly forbidding any and all discussion of Gunn?
I really have no feelings about Xander. Maybe I should have a no-Xander rule. oOhoh... Scaaaar--ry.
