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shahni.livejournal.com) wrote in
fandomsecrets2008-01-02 01:12 am
[ SECRET POST #361]
⌈ Secret Post #361 ⌋
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Re: 3
PW is my *only* active fandom (although I do read some stuff in a few others and stuff by a few selected writers who I know). I probably hang out or lurk at most of the communities and I chat to random people in email and in IM most every day about a variety of stuff including pairings, plot points and fuck knows what else.
I am a P/E writer and I laugh quite often with tellezara about the fact that for both of us it's the first time an dthe first fandom that we've ever had an OTP for. Heck, I didn't even know what an "OTP" *was* until August last year.
Have I ever had anyone harass me, bitch at me, give me shit or be "passive aggressive" at me over it? I don't think so. If I have, they were DOING IT WRONG because I didn't notice. Do some people dislike P/E - yeah, sure, it's their right to do so. I dislike a few pairings myself, who doesn't? But I wouldn't take my ball home over it unless someone is being an arse about how the express themselves.
Truly, this *is* a very friendly fandom, when I compare notes with friends in many, many other fandoms. So little wank by most standards, except for yeah, here, and one or two other places.
Are there dramas behind the scenes? Fuck yes, but actually, I haven't encountered any that were to do with ships. Go figure. And the most behind the scenes wank I have heard of has *been* from P/E shippers and been pretty fucking mild, frankly. Hahahah.
I think there's a danger here of creating drama where there is none and that's a shame. Maybe I just have a thick skin, or maybe it's because I'm an aging bastard with a streak of snark a mile wide that says I've seen it all before and just don't take random shit personally. I dunno. But I stand by my opinion that it's a friendly fandom and that if there are "deadly undercurrents" then I think they may be confined to a very small piece of water that isn't lapping on my beaches.
There's also the fact of course that I don't remember the last time I wasted any concern on people being bitchy behind closed doors anywhere. Mostly I think it's a) human nature and b) funny. Oscar Wilde had it right.