[ SECRET POST #3715 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3715 ⌋

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

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Comments

Re: What infamous fandom wank were YOU a part of?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure it counts as "infamous" since it was very localized, but years ago I was in a fandom space on LJ (can't recall what the fandom was tbh, it was a LONG time ago---some game that I don't remember the name of) and people were discussing how one character from the game was Definitely Absolutely 100% Trans NO Question About It And Anyone Who Disagreed Was An Evil Transphobe. I had a very sheltered upbringing and had literally never encountered the concept of trans-ness before in my life, and was deeply confused, so I commented asking what it was all about and why did they think the character was like that, and apparently this was the most deeply hateful and malicious thing anyone there had ever heard, because about 10 people immediately dogpiled me screaming about how I was clearly lying about not knowing about this, calling me various names, and saying that I was being an evil troll who was being dismissive of transpeople with my cissexism. They refused to actually answer anything I asked, so I inquired (politely! I was a newbie to the world of fandom and still thought that discourse was supposed to be polite) if they didn't want to tell me about it, could they direct me to some good sources, because I didn't know if I would find trustworthy ones just by googling. Apparently this meant I was literally the devil because how dare I impose on them like that, I needed to educate myself and stay away from LJ till I learned to not be the worst person in the world. It was a completely insane and baffling experience to me, and made me actually afraid of trans people for some time thereafter (of course, that's not the case anymore, I've encountered plenty of perfectly nice ones.)

same anon

[(Anonymous)]

wow, sorry about the run on sentences there. I didn't realize they were getting so lengthy, the typing box is so small.

Re: What infamous fandom wank were YOU a part of?

[(Anonymous)]

You obviously must have dropped into fandom when it was still stuck in its "IT'S NOT MY JOB TO EDUCATE YOU" phase. I'm sure some fandoms are still in that phase, but there was a point where it seemed to be a fandom-wide trend where that was default response to any query on social issues, no matter how polite or well-intentioned.