Fandom grievance

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So, splash_the_cat asked me if I would be good while she is off to Boston. I answered her no. So I thought I'd get it over and done with. Apparently I'm blunt so a lot of bluntness ahead.

This is to all those happy shippers out there who are declaring ship dead every five minutes.

I shall admit, I'm having problems with my muse. Part of that is to blame on my thesis. The other part is to blame on fandom.

I have utterly had it with all the negativity around. It started with Pete trashing, moved over to Sam trashing (which developed further into AT trashing) and now there is a new form; the "let's say we want them to get Sam married so we can all move on but continue whining about losing our ship" movement.

I have seen some nice drama about the apocalyps of fandom and how shippers are moving on to other fandoms and pairings. They like to explain it by saying that TPTB have screwed up ship by introducing Pete but not killing off the ship entirely. No one is interested in it anymore, apparently.

Now watch me shake my head and let me tell you what exactly has made me reluctant writing SJ. It's *you* (no not you but them, you know what I mean! Don't take this too personal ;o). It's the whining, it's the bashing and the idiocy that has made me not want to not add anything positive to this online crappiness. It's the bitching and the bashing and the narrow mindedness that has dragged people down in general.

It is hard to have any good feelings about something if all you read is the bitching that has been going around shipdom lately (and dom is dumb in dutch which so suits it right now). I love my OTP to pieces but all I've been doing lately is defending the right of someone to make their own choices and mistakes. I don't like Pete but I don't even bother to put down my thoughts because it will end up in that same negative spiral that I don't want to be a part of.

It is very hard to remain positive about something if all you see is people tearing it down. Sometimes even people you respect. Frankly, I have lost a lot of respect for a lot of people these last few months. I always try to be respectful in arguments and I give everyone the right to an opinion. I've just come to realise that some opinions don't deserve my respect. Sounds very dictorial but *egh*.

And yes, I am on no mail on samandjack. I read very few posts on it but I don't even have to go to the lists to read this crap.

Comments

[tv-elf.livejournal.com]

What I don't get...

The classic plot line is: Boy meets girl. Boy and girl like each other, but are kept apart by outside sources. Girl is forced to move on with life. They rebell. Love beats all.

Hmmm. Change Sam's name to Juliet. Jack's to Romeo. And Pete's to Paris.

Pete is a bloody plot point people! He is another wall to separate Sam and Jack. It tests their love. Will she surmount it, or let it stop her?

[woodface]

Yeah, exactly. But I think that the negativity has really become visible to AT and TPTB too. I wonder if it won't come back to bite them in the ass. Here's to TPTB and hoping they ignore online fandom completely.

[tv-elf.livejournal.com]

And that's just sad. I'm a big actor geek, but I never felt the need or the importance to tell actors how to interpret their characters. I may get giggly when (like today) Jeffrey Combs' name shows up on a Trek ep. But I just know he's a good actor so fun time is coming. I don't want to tell him how to play a part, because it takes the joy out of seeing where he'll go with the character.

But that's the difference. You, me, some others get a joy out of seeing what'll happen next. How the actor will read the line.

The others see the show as their own puppet theater, and the actors as marionettes.

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*nods* That's pretty much a part of letting TPTB write the story how they want to as well. I said it with that poll thingie; the show would suck if they would listen to all the fans. It'd be Soapgate: Opera if they had their way.

[alliesings.livejournal.com]

Duuude! I like your line of thinking :D