I wouldn't say the fandom is collapsing, but I think it's changing... I think it's finally changing for the good this time. Now that Operation Ruthless and the people associated w/it are out of the picture (THANK CHRIST), I'm really hoping the fandom can turn over a new leaf and go back to being the kickback, let's all just love each other Hey Arnold! safe haven it used to be. Thoughts?????
Operation Ruthless embarked on an ambitious project, and they followed through with it. They acquired 15,000 signatures from fans of Hey Arnold! and mailed the petition to Nickelodeon in hopes of renewing the series. For that I won’t discount them.
But that group has nothing to do with me. I can care less if the drama has subsided; I’m already disenchanted enough to distance myself from the fandom. I didn’t need the group to prove my love for the show. If people want to believe that they have the power to bring Hey Arnold! back, if they want to engage in a ”hoorah-KONY-2012" sense of self-importance and feel like they’re making a difference…who am I to stop them? Who am I to care?
As a fan, all I cared about was reading good fanfiction, and having people like/review my stuff.
But if I have to abide by some universal fan etiquette protocol, or if I have to essentially grovel in order to belong to a collective group and to be recognized as a “good” or a “true” fan, then to that I say fuck that noise and I’ll go about my business, doing something non-HA!-related, or maybe even something useful with my life.
Or I can just get into K-drama.
