[ SECRET POST #3485 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3485 ⌋

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Comments

[diet_poison]

I'm really surprised at how much of this sentiment there is. Like...it just sounds like you really want to be special and persecuted. Instead of being happy that new fans won't have the same negative experiences you did, you sound jealous of the persecuted status being in fandom used to give you and like you don't want to lose that.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

I can understand being weirded out by the public behavior of some fans *cough*Supernatural*cough*, but being upset because kids these days *aren't* getting bullied for being fannish just doesn't make sense.

[(Anonymous)]

It's human nature. It always feels a little weird to see something being easy for someone else when it was so hard for you. We've always done it. Lewis and Clark looked at the people on the Oregon Trail and said, "Oh, you have a TRAIL now. That must be NICE."

[(Anonymous)]

Lewis and Clark looked at the people on the Oregon Trail and said, "Oh, you have a TRAIL now. That must be NICE."

This made me LOL :D.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm the 'old' fan -- I didn't mean to sound like I feel special or persecuted. I am glad that the newest members can love their fandom without so many people pointing and laughing and thinking they're weird.

What I did mean (and perhaps didn't articulate) is that now there are more people who say they're Star Trek fans, for example, but they aren't the fans writing or creating fandom pieces. Please don't think that I meant that I want special consideration for my fandom experiences; I want fans to be able to love what they love without people judging them. But I do think that casual fans still think spending time creating fandom work is 'weird'.

[plushulala]

I didn't realize that was still a thing, honestly. I thought we were mostly past that point if only because I see people openly posting their fanfictions to their facebook timelines and attaching their real names to them. Sorry you're still experiencing pushback from new fans who think only "losers" create fanworks.

[diet_poison]

Well, I do think we've still a ways to go.