Alarmist Party: Monster Edition

[harpsi_fizz]

This Party Post is for complaining, griping, and worrying about the mass extinction of monsters. Yes, if challenged, I have three "silver linings" to this phenomenon. Yes, I am fully ready to hear it if "No, Harp, see, Isaac Marion wrote a comedy/actually does it right/wrote something good so give it a chance/be lol-trollin" and even abandon my

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[theidolhands]

You make solid mutha-fukkin points, and when I get that enraged about a subject, I generally do my darndest to take Ghandi's words and become the change I wish to see in the world. Not to say you can't gripe. Heaven's no. Just that I understand. You should see what's been happening to my once delightfully cheesy and innocent worlds of super heroes. *mutter* *grumble*

I refuse to hate Twilight on the grounds that people who did not feel my pain over the ransacking and "sparkling" of my childhood passions FINALLY got a taste of what it was like.

[harpsi_fizz]

people who did not feel my pain over the ransacking and "sparkling" of my childhood passions FINALLY got a taste of what it was like.Wat? Where. Show me. Is it Twihard tears? Three dozen bottles, please. Did they cry? I hope they cried

[theidolhands]

Yes. That.

[nobleplatypus]

this whole new gentle luvver-monster fad is the new "prince charming" tale to tell women and girls "look, here is the perfect man. Strive for him and he will be yours".

What really burns my bacon is that the ostensibly romantic behavior these new prince charmings exhibit isn't so much saving the damsels in distress from unpleasant third parties, but just refraining from killing the damsels even though they totally could and really want to. Because HOLY SHIT is that ever problematic. Not that the old narratives weren't, of course, but romanticizing abusive behavior is so uncool.

[harpsi_fizz]

And, And, AND if it's uncool? Friggin say it! I'm sick of all these (awful, horrible, mean words) authors trying to act like their effed up stories are TWU WUV and oh, don't say anything ba-ad about them-m-m-m! Heaven forbid we like something that's fecked up

[nobleplatypus]

YES. It really, really drives me up the wall when writers refuse to acknowledge that some of their shit is problematic. It's one of the reasons Moffat frustrates me so much (especially because he is so prolific and high profile and it is like, DUDE, YOU COULD DO WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS), and his fandom apologists are no better.

But I can at least kind of understand why a writer would get defensive, because to them, you're actually saying, "Hey, you kind of fucked up, here. Maybe don't do that." But when their fans can't deal with criticism that isn't even aimed at them because they didn't write it, I go nova. If you're so attached to a show or movie or band that you literally can not handle it when someone has a less than kind word to say about it, you need to step the fork back. Look at your life. Look at your choices.

[harpsi_fizz]

I was like "Moffat? Is that the actor who plays Sherlock?" Then I looked it up and saw he was the writer. I don't know anything about the series. I do know he said that one thing about... Sherlock's not asexual because it wouldn't be interesting to watch. Being completely outside of the fandom, I know that made some people super mad. Me, I've been watching people misspeak all my life, literally- neither of my parents are native English speakers, my cousins practically refuse to learn English, and the class we were merged with was filled with fresh-outta-high-school English Clutzes. I'm super used to I don't think those words in that order mean what you think they mean" and "It sounds like you're saying X, are you saying X?" I even went back to look at an old JK Rowling interview with two unpleasant people and realized that I'd read it wrong, and that she was totally innocent. (The interviewers, on the other hand, were strictly right out of the septic tank). (No, really, I think that's where they emerged, fully formed

[madderbrad]

Never before seen in nature: Harp is about to pay a compliment to Ron/Hermione.

*faints*

Not that she would; they're very good friends and her wife Luna (or Lavender) agreed to be surrogate for his and Draco's baby.

*faints again*

[harpsi_fizz]

You was not supposed to see that, you know. But, but, but see the above statement.

Also, I have many, many more nice things to say about Harry/Hermione.

Also, assume that Hermione/Lavender takes place in a reality where with his last breath after killing Voldemort, Harry says to Hermione "If you truly love me, you will find another and learn to find a new happiness; only then can my soul rest in peace" (with a lot more hacking and gasping).

Also, I know, I know but it's not like I ship them or nothin'; don't worry, my Ron boat only docks in Draco Harbor. (Or Lucius, or Luna, or Lavender, or Rosmerta, or Narcissa, or Pansy, or Lucius and Narcissa together but not as just some one-night or sex-buddy thing, but as a true, loving, committed OT3 because that's nice).
And not that you ask, but Pansy, Padma Patil, Luna, Lavender Brown, Minerva, Harry, Neville-later-in-life, Gilderoy Lockheart but not as a sexual thing only as an assisted living thing when she's in her 20's; these are my Hermione ships

[nobleplatypus]

Thread-hopping, but. BUT. Thank heaven for someone else who thinks Ron/Hermione is REDONK. >_> I avoid the HP fandom like my sanity depends on it (as it probably does), but I have never really bought R/H as a realistic ship and I really resented the epilogue for pretty much doing NOTHING but cramming those dumb canon ships down my throat. Like, yes, JKR, I get it. I don't buy it, but I GET IT OKAY. STAHP.

[harpsi_fizz]

Oh, R/Hr drove me into a horrific rage back in the fandom days. I could (and probably did) write a doctoral thesis on all the things wrong with that ship. Did you know there's even a term we learned in Psyche class for what they have? It's called "fatal attraction". The complete theory* is this: Two opposites are attracted by their differences alone. Eventually, what attracted them to one-another ("A's such a free spirit!" "B is so grounded!") is what drives them crazy ("FFS, would you light somewhere?" "You're such a stick in the mud"). With no common interests to hold them, they eventually fall apart

[barsukthom]

"That is not dead, which can eternal lie; and with Strange Aeons, even Death may die..."

[barsukthom]

I'm all worked up with nowhere to go
Walkin' with a fanfic over my shoulder

Waitin' for an invitation to arrive
Goin to a fangroup where no-one's still alive

I was struck by trolling
reading my lj
I was hit by something when i went online
It's an alarmist party
Who could ask for more
Everybody's whining, leave your morals at the door
Leave your morals and your judgment at the door