@fiona-fififi I wanted to comment on this particular part of your reply to @meganwwrites because it stuck out to me. Normally I would 100% agree with this. Not only do I usually find it petty but it’s also useless, and you’re spot on about people thinking that fandom is more important in these circumstances.
However... In this instance, I actually understand. Because there was a lot that led up to that point.
First, as I mentioned in my earlier reboot of your post with my comments, the show made a huge promotional push for the Ian/Mickey relationship in season 5. Special promos, special interviews, the marketing team they hired to create and distribute special “G*llavich” merch that was not available to buy. They wanted fandom to promote this, they courted larger fandom blogs for this very purpose.
Second, the writers from the show actively engaged the fandom on social media. Tweeting, doing periscope live videos, etc. Every week they were doing this, making comments like this on a regular basis:
This is just one tweet, but their commentary and baiting was constant. So it kind of turned into a “biting the hand that feeds you” situation. On top of that, no one was addressing the Noel situation after season 5, so the sudden radio silence after baiting and engaging everyone for months only further ramped up everyone’s frustration.
Now I absolutely think there are a lot of fans who have taken it way too far with their comments. But I don’t blame people for complaining and doing it loudly. If they hadn’t went so far out of their way to break the barrier between us and them, this would have probably been a very different story.
