[ SECRET POST #3641 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3641 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[(Anonymous)]

What fandom? Maybe we can help you out?

[(Anonymous)]

/shrug Fandom is what you make of it, though. Some are crazier than others, but there are always sane corners and sane people lurking somewhere. You can opt out of the wank. You don't have to participate or watch.

[(Anonymous)]

that's the risk you take with fandom

[(Anonymous)]

or human interaction of any kind

[(Anonymous)]

I've been in various fandoms on LJ and tumblr for over a decade now, and I don't know if it's just luck but I've never had anything bad happen to me. Admittedly, most of the fandoms I've been in since tumblr have been smaller fandoms, so possibly there's less wank, but I was in HP on FFN and SPN on LJ, so I have been in some of the huge, crazy fandoms.

I think, aside from luck, it's mostly just a matter of keeping to yourself and doing your own thing? Generally speaking I just make content (mostly fanfic) for the bits of canon I like, ignore the bits I don't like, try to avoid sticking my nose into active fandom fights, be careful writing meta and only do so rarely because it's riskier than fic, etc. On tumblr, I follow people rather than tags in a fandom, after the initial figuring things out stage, and usually I pick who to follow by writing something for the bits of the canon I enjoy and see who responds favourably. I manually check some tags every so often, just to see what I'm missing, and if there's wank I just ignore it. If the fandom is just too crazy, which hasn't happened to me yet but might, I'll just leave it and enjoy the canon on its own while finding a different fandom to be active in. Mind you, I've been multifandom since I first started, but it works to be able to juggle which fandoms you want to be active in.

Basically just keep it lowkey and ignore most of the shit? It's worked for me so far.

[(Anonymous)]

^This. Useful advice for getting into any fandom.

[(Anonymous)]

This is basically what I do, and it's worked out pretty well.

[(Anonymous)]

Pretty much follow the same standard. Make fic, read fic/meta/etc. that you like, stay lowkey.

I guess it depends what you want out of fandom. I enjoy minimal contact -- fic + comments, composed discussions, and fangirling. Yup. Ignore the bits I don't care for/ avoid things of that nature.

[(Anonymous)]

Unpopular opinion here, but I don't think most fandoms are really that bad. Some of the big juggernaut fandoms can be pretty awful, but being afraid of EVERY fandom because you don't want drama and wank is a little overkill imo.

But to answer your concerns, if you really want no drama, small fandoms, (like for video games or comicbooks for example) are the way to go. I'm in a bunch and most of the content is just fanart and memes and it's pretty nice.

[(Anonymous)]

Unpopular? But the majority of the comments in this thread seem to agree with you that OP's fears are exaggerated.

[(Anonymous)]

"no drama, small fandoms, (like for video games..."

...and thus proving that everyone has different experiences. The smallish video game fandom I've been in (TRIED to be in) for 4 years now is nastily cliquish and full of batshit.

[(Anonymous)]

Serious question: are you a good artist? Because this only happens to popular fanartists that people get jealous of.

If you're a writer or you just want to hang out and do meta, even if someone gets a bug up their ass about you, it won't get any traction.