:twitch: :foam:
The trouble with fandom is not the people who don't like the shows or the characters you like. No, the trouble with fandom is the people who like the shows and the characters you like, but in the wrong way. The people who love your favorite character but have a completely different take on his/her motivations. The ones that write schmoopy fic about a pairing that is obviously intended to be angstful, or who turn the light-hearted roguish hero into a tortured, alienated cutter. The ones who write meta that is consistent and well-expressed and completely missing the point. These are the people one ends up twitching and foaming at the mouth about.
If only my remotely-operated orbital mind-control laser were working, I could bring an end to all that... but alas, budget cuts. Fandom will be spared my benevolent but incontestable rule for another day.
In other news, seasonal_spuffy starts again soon, and I have signed up, so you have to sign up too! Yes, those are the rules. Little-known, seldom-enforced rules, but if you read the VERY fine print in the community info, it's there: "If Barb signs up, everyone else has to." But don't strain your eyes, just trust me on this one.
If only my remotely-operated orbital mind-control laser were working, I could bring an end to all that... but alas, budget cuts. Fandom will be spared my benevolent but incontestable rule for another day.
In other news, seasonal_spuffy starts again soon, and I have signed up, so you have to sign up too! Yes, those are the rules. Little-known, seldom-enforced rules, but if you read the VERY fine print in the community info, it's there: "If Barb signs up, everyone else has to." But don't strain your eyes, just trust me on this one.