Ya know what, screw this! I may be totally manic, and chaotic when it comes to fandom, but who in all of the 9 level's of Hell gets to tell ME or YOU what we can and cannot say, what we can and cannot like, and most importantly (AND I'M SCREAMING THIS TO ALL OF YOU TYRANNICAL, OPPRESSIVE, TORMENTING, HIVE MINDED, TWITTER HEN'S) what we are ALLOWED to think?! You people have all these fandom "rules" everyone is supposed to follow. What kind of Twilight Zone are we in that this is even a thing? Rules......for how to be a fan?
But, for a while, I say nothing, nothing ever gets better, and the abuse continues (for everyone) while I remain a doormat who has to be happy and pretend I don't see the constant belittling that happens on the daily to all fans (especially over ship's). I fight back occasionally and I'm part of the "fandom problem" everyone is so tired of. If we are all so tired of it, why can't we stop it? Tell me, what is the point? Are we all seriously under the delusion that everyone has to like exactly what we like or we treat them like they are absolute idiots? As if anyone has the right to judge people they don't even know over a ship or a character or a comic they enjoy. Something that gives them happiness. Do you see what's wrong with this picture?
Am I being a drama queen? Of course I am, but this has much more to do than just one or two incidents. This is a build up of all the things I've seen and all the horrible ways people have treated each other. This has to do with groups of people sucking every single amount of love and joy a person should get out of the fandom in order to make them miserable. Sometimes going so far with their domineering as to make people just give up and leave.
What the hell business is it of yours what other people like? Why do you even care? Is it affecting your own life personally? (Pssst, it's not, at all) Why do peoples difference in opinions become so offensive that we attack each other, and where do any of us get off telling each other those opinions are wrong?
Do you know what an opinion is not? A fact. It is not, and never will be a fact, no matter what "I'm smarter than you" arguments you bring to the table. Therefore it cannot be wrong or right, especially when it's all just works of fiction. Is it ridiculous that I'm going off about fandom culture again? You bet your ass it is! It's stupid, being a fan is not meant to be serious, it's meant to be fun. Have your fandom discussion's and arguments in a RESPECTFUL way and have fun with it. That's what we all want!???
Respect
The reason I'm going off on this particular occasion is the way I see how bad social media has gotten in hurting people, every single day. Young people, who may not know how to deal with this crap. They may have a hard time ignoring thing's like adult's can (shit I even have a hard time). And heaven forbid you are over 20 and still like these things as much as you do, then you get called pathetic. (Apparently your personality completely changes after a certain age 😱). They LOVE to shame adults, as if there is something wrong with still liking these things. But someone will always take the bait, and the trolls will jump on them with their big group of friends and rip them apart and then take thing's a little too far. They find this fun apparently. It makes them feel good to try and prove they are the smartest person in the room with the most amount of friends (damn, that sounds like middle school). And making others look stupid is the ultimate prize.
I have seen people literally change what they like and enjoy because they were bullied by a group of people that what they like, and what they think, is wrong. And it makes me so angry. It's childish for all of us, but if you get nothing else from this long rant,
Please, for the love of all that is holy in this world, THINK. FOR. YOURSELF.
If you liked it to begin with, stick to your guns. Like what you like. Be the freak because you refuse to follow behind the sheep. Trust me, the sooner you start doing this, the better off you'll be in life. Because this behavior of being pressured to think like everyone else, and following the sheep, is a problem that will follow you for the rest of your life. Start learning how to deal with it now. You have a brain, use it, I know you are smart. So you choose for you, not for them.
Have a lovely evening or day
Much 💕 love and piece
- J
















