so-chintzy replied to your post “I can’t tell you how pissed I am at the moment. I spend some time...”
Reminds me of an incident in the Teen Wolf fandom. A South Korean fan was talking about some poorly written aspects of Korean/Japanese culture in canon & an American fan told them "quit wasting your time on wikipedia". Are they (the JPN/Korean VLD fans) okay?
They’re spooked for sure, and it may inhibit their willingness to interact with western fans. There was the whole incident with a Japanese artist in the Steven Universe fandom and harassment that comes to mind. We got an amazing opportunity to engage fans across multiple countries, even with language barriers. I’ve watch a few Japanese and Korean fans try their hand at English as a way to reach out. I do know of one Korean artist who has been harassed, but they have been staying strong and told them off.
I’ll say it again, we got an amazing chance to bridge relationships across cultures over our love of a series. We learn so much from their perspective as they learn from ours. Even we learn from ourselves. At the end of the day, we all love the same thing. More is better right?









