The Name Is Insanity. Patented Insanity.
Jun. 8th, 2007 08:30 pmThe HP Fandom has transcended complete madness and passed the horizon of utter, rabid insanity is has come out the other side into the still, calm surface of manic sensibility. I mean, I knew that this fandom is a pretty scary and complicated place to be in sometimes, what with the flame wars and the inter-fansite politics but this, this is friggin unbelievable!
http://www.journalfen.net/community/bad_penny/1074.html
And to think this was going on even past the release of OotP! I joined the fandom in late 2002 and I didn't even KNOW about Gryffindor Tower. And here I was thinking I ws on top of fandom events!
And all this over...what? Fricking fictional relationships between fictional characters in a book series we all love? Climbing the totem pole of fandom popularity? How pathetic are these people's lives, really?
And how appalingly uncivil, immature and...spiteful! How petty! These are authors whose work I've read and admired! I can't believe that such ostensibly sensible and nice people could have instigated such hateful flamewars! Because of friggin SHIPS?! They hated ships that much?! I mean, I detest Clana, but before I start smear campaigns over entire fansites and authors over it....It's unthinkable!
I officially hate shippers. Forget money, shippers are the root of all evil. From now on, I'm reading genfic only. And I'm going to stick to my beloved LnC fandom. Never have I felt prouder of being a FoLC. We, at least, have a great tradition of tolerance and maturity. *preens*
*hugs LnC Message Boards*
Thanks to![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
anotherdreamer5 for the link! Although she COULD have warned that once you start reading it, you can't stop. <g> The effects of horrified facsination. You never realize it's potency until you come across something like this. It's Fandom Reality TV!
http://www.journalfen.net/community/bad_penny/1074.html
And to think this was going on even past the release of OotP! I joined the fandom in late 2002 and I didn't even KNOW about Gryffindor Tower. And here I was thinking I ws on top of fandom events!
And all this over...what? Fricking fictional relationships between fictional characters in a book series we all love? Climbing the totem pole of fandom popularity? How pathetic are these people's lives, really?
And how appalingly uncivil, immature and...spiteful! How petty! These are authors whose work I've read and admired! I can't believe that such ostensibly sensible and nice people could have instigated such hateful flamewars! Because of friggin SHIPS?! They hated ships that much?! I mean, I detest Clana, but before I start smear campaigns over entire fansites and authors over it....It's unthinkable!
I officially hate shippers. Forget money, shippers are the root of all evil. From now on, I'm reading genfic only. And I'm going to stick to my beloved LnC fandom. Never have I felt prouder of being a FoLC. We, at least, have a great tradition of tolerance and maturity. *preens*
*hugs LnC Message Boards*
Thanks to
anotherdreamer5 for the link! Although she COULD have warned that once you start reading it, you can't stop. <g> The effects of horrified facsination. You never realize it's potency until you come across something like this. It's Fandom Reality TV! 