#one direction documentary

[interestedmind]

[sshedidthat-blog]

You know damn well Zayn buying Perrie's mom a house is going to make it into the next documentary they're making lol

[painting--words]

Okaaaayyyy all the people from Montreal who know about or want to participate in the The Rest Of Us documentary, I wanna know who you are! You me your faces buddies! :D

[painting--words]

I’m gonna take this opportunity while everyone is here to tell you about andthisistherestofus ! Basically Tim is doing a wonderful 1D positive documentary project and you should all be interested. Go check out the blog and the donation page: http://www.pozible.com/TheRestofUsDoco

[angstygrandma]

I'm really happy that everyone is so upset about this documentary. Because yeah the portrayal of us in the documentary was shit but the way we reacted is real. That shows who we are. What we do together as a fandom. So that's why I'm proud right now. And I think other people are starting to become proud too.

[thotdell]

watching the documentary makes me feel so much better about myself lol

[ichgehornurmir-blog]

#RIPLarryShippers - Is this really the world I live in?

I find it astonishing that 42 young people may or may not have committed suicide after a documentary about One Direction fans. It may all just be a rumour, and I hope that it is, but what if it's not?

If not, Channel 4 will have a lot of angry and upset people to deal with. I for one had quite liked Channel 4 for not being afraid to document the underdog; the people other channels were afraid to document. But maybe this would change that - maybe it's not about bigging up the underdog, maybe it really is just about making money after all; making a spectacle of the weird and whacky.

I'm not down with the Directioner fandom - it's not my thing. Teenage girls screaming over a group of boys who are just making music (annoyingly catchy music, I hate to admit), who cry at the sight of them, cry at wax models of them, heart them, obsess... but that's because that kind of behaviour isn't my cup of tea. Channel 4 stated they were a unique group - no, they're not. Maybe the number of Directioners is unique, maybe it's bigger than any band or person has had before, but you look at every famous person and they have them - Justin Bieber has Beliebers, Lady Gaga has Little Monsters, Colin Morgan and Bradley James have "Brolin" shippers who refuse to accept that they can be in love with anybody but each other, The Beatles had them in masses..the list goes on. I don't like the stalker-obsessive side of fandoms, the aggressive side of fandoms, the death threats side of fandoms, but do I belong to any? Yeah, I do. I'd put myself in the Merlin fandom, the Katie McGrath fandom, the Angel Coulby fandom...I don't watch much TV so it's actually my only fandom at the moment while I plough my way through the DVDs, but I like to keep away from the ComicCon screamy-ask awkward-Brolin-questions group because that is not what I want to do as a fan - I find it awkward and uncomfortable; I don't see how a teenage - or often grown person - can not think it's odd to react like that, and I find it very uncomfortable for the stars. It also unnerves me that these people often don't realise they belong in those groups, and think they are behaving respectfully and normally.

But, that said, this is what actors, actresses, singers get themselves in for when they make it big. It is up to them whether they stay out of the limelight, off twitter, Facebook etc... and if they don't like it, they shouldn't encourage it in anyway, because someone will always pop up who they can't handle. It is also the choice of the fans to act in that way, or act sensibly. There is no law, however, on how to react - maybe morals, but that's easier to enforce upon yourself the older you are. At the end of the day, people are going to ship, people are going to write fanfiction, people are going to slash and whatever else you call it - guys are gonna get with guys in fans' heads, girls with girls, serpent with superhero, witch with wizard, band mate with band mate... it's what we do - it's our obsessive, creative side. Some people take it too far, but you cant' stop or police that.

But Channel 4 have taken a very highly strung, obsessive, passionate, possessive group of people (not all of them, I do not see all Directioner fans, or any other fandom fans in the same light - I know there are plenty who try and discourage it) and thrust them into the limelight for the sake of ratings. We all know what Directioners can be like - same with any other fandom - so did we really need to see it, exploit it? It frightens me that some fans think it's acceptable to send death threats to others if they do not agree with who they ship, if they don't like someone, or like something different to what they think should be adored by everyone. Just words from a young person's mouth? Yeah, maybe, but every teenager whose words cause another to take their own life could say that. It doesn't make it acceptable. Whether you are an obsessive fan that I don't like, or a quiet fan who just wants everyone to get along, shouldn't there be some respect towards each other? And shouldn't people who disagree with a fandom, or how they behave just find something else to do with their lives? They could be out obsessing over your own band, watching your own DVDs, shipping your own ships...walking, cycling, reading, working...but instead they're attacking someone in a vile manner. I don't go near the Directoner fandom, the Little Monsters fandom...I avoided the Angel Coulby fandom because it got too aggressive at one stage...I had no desire to verbally abuse anyone, even if I whole heartedly disagreed with everything they said, with every part of the way they behaved...you just log out, switch off, avoid...why is that so hard for people to do? 

It shocks me that this is the kind of world I am living in - that you can't be famous without someone wanting your babies to the extreme; without someone wanting to kill another person, or bully another person, because of who or what they like or don't like. Whatever happened to buying a DVD, a book, a CD, tickets to a show and just loving it with all your heart and having a good, healthy discussion or debate, and maybe reading the odd fic here and there? When did we become a world of obsessive lovers, and at the same time, haters? Fandoms at war - is that what the 21st Century will be remembered for?

And Channel 4 don't appear to have helped that really. I think 42 suicides may be a little far fetched...I sincerely hope it is. But what then if it's not? 42 deaths for some high ratings? When will we learn to think about the repercussions before it's too late? When will we learn to control ourselves and be a bit more respectful to other fans and to celebrities? Even if one family has lost a child over this documentary, over a fandom bully, it's one too many. And will it make people stop and think? I highly doubt it.

[nialljamminhoran]

I made a rant on the "Crazy About One Direction" documentary okay  there you go