About the Mark Watches Meltdown...

[annapurna_2]

I didn't join the Buffy fandom online until after the show ended, so I missed those infamous fandom wars. Not at all sorry about that.

I only recently started reading Mark Watches (off and on as I could) and enjoyed it. It was fun re-experiencing the show for the "first" time vicariously through Mark and those commenting. I usually didn't have

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[empresspatti]

As much as I enjoyed Buffy - for the life of me, I can't see how anyone can be so invested in fictional television characters from 10+ years ago.

AND - It's beyond me why anyone would sit on their keister and typefight with people they wouldn't know if they passed by them on the street.

I guess I'm old. I think everyone should go outside and play. Away from computer screens.

[annapurna_2]

As much as I enjoyed Buffy - for the life of me, I can't see how anyone can be so invested in fictional television characters from 10+ years ago.

Heh. Guilty as charged. ;-)

AND - It's beyond me why anyone would sit on their keister and typefight with people they wouldn't know if they passed by them on the street.

I guess I'm old. I think everyone should go outside and play. Away from computer screens.

No, it's because you're a wise woman!

[ladypeyton]

I was banned a long time ago for telling Arctic Hare she was a bully, and have recently come to the conclusion that it was the best thing that ever could have happened. Plus, I got the added benefit of telling that nasty bitca bully what i thought of her. She's not the only person in the universe to have been raped and she certainly hasn't participated in creating a safe environment for the rest of us.

[annapurna_2]

Yeah, I think you're better off having been banned before all this started. And it definitely sounds like you're in good company! :-)

As for Arctic Hare, I didn't know the history there. I feel bad for her but I felt and still feel she needs to work on her netiquette.

And that's what really gets to me. I really don't care, when you get right down to it, if they like Spike/Spuffy or not. But it's really disturbing how many people didn't see anything wrong with their actions and were even praising Mark and his moderators for being so wonderful.

Um...no. ::shakes head::

[boot_the_grime]

I was banned a long time ago for telling Arctic Hare she was a bully, and have recently come to the conclusion that it was the best thing that ever could have happenedYou too? I was banned a few weeks ago for telling her to stop being so fucking self-righteous and preachy, after she attacked another poster telling them to shut up and stop being 'fucking ignorant' and 'check their privilege' because they dared to politely disagree with her opinion that Xander stopping Willow in Grave was about a "straight man saving the world from an evil lesbian" (the poster told her they thought it was a beautiful story about friendship that had nothing to do with people's gender and sexual orientation, which caused all this ire and ranting on her part). Then when I e-mailed Mark to ask what had happened, he attacked me telling me that I had offended Arctic Hare telling her that her IDENTITY as a queer person DIDN't MATTER and tried to show her my superiority (lots of capslock, of course). WTF? Oh, and he ended it with "go away". I sent him one last

[ms_scarletibis]

Hardcore word to your whole post.

I was actually reprimanded today for disagreeing with the message in a gif (politely, I might add and with a wink), and was told I was baiting posters into an argument somehow by doing that...

Yeah, that place is really fucked up.

[spikesjojo]

I loved my smeagol gif - the one that was used by someone -Leave Here And Never Return. I can't decide if the person meant to say Mark was a deranged murderous liar. **snicker**

[annapurna_2]

Hardcore word to your whole post.

Much appreciated.

I was actually reprimanded today for disagreeing with the message in a gif (politely, I might add and with a wink), and was told I was baiting posters into an argument somehow by doing that...

Have you been banned yet? ;-)

[ms_scarletibis]

Not yet, but I probably will be around the time DT is posted, so...soon :p

[spikesjojo]

Link?

[spikesjojo]

Wow - managed to miss this one. She does and intelligent and witty review! I like here. Gonna have to share this link!!

[spikesjojo]

**hugs** Feel better, Annapurna! Like you I am glad I missed the fan wars. This was enough to a tiny piece to make me realize how lucky I am!

[annapurna_2]

*hugs** Feel better, Annapurna!

Thank you! ::hugs you back::

Like you I am glad I missed the fan wars. This was enough to a tiny piece to make me realize how lucky I am!

Boy, isn't that the truth! Heh.