[ SECRET POST #3716 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3716 ⌋

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

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Most of the ruined childhood stuff is obnoxious, but at the same time I understand sometimes getting frustrated.

I stopped liking Doctor Who because I liked 9 and 10, I liked some of the classic Doctors, I just didn't enjoy 11 and people Would. Not. Let. It. Go. Every time Doctor Who came up and I'd be asked about my opinion on the new stuff I'd politely go "I'm not very fond of the newer stuff so I haven't watched" and you'd think I'd said I sent a dick pic to their mother.

A friend had a Don't Blink t-shirt she had to stop wearing because of all the "Well Actually, if you look at a weeping angel and don't blink the reflection in your eye causes you to become an angel too so that's not right anymore." lectures she got

Basically. New Thing can't take my memories of enjoying the old thing, but damn are Fans Of New Thing capable of sucking out all enjoyment.

[(Anonymous)]

I know what you mean. I like Doctor Who, but these last couple of seasons.... Eesh. And the stuff that used to be obnoxious fanwank, and just plain wank material, being canon now. It does affect how I view the old stuff, it does diminish it. I just walked away from DW fandom and turned off the tv set though. No point screaming about it.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah. I guess the core issue of Ruined My Childhood is not about if new material can affect your feelings on the old stuff (it can!) but on if that means you're entitled to the new thing not existing at all. I think it's the entitlement that annoys people. If I go "I wish Doctor Who had ended after 10's run" I know I'm being selfish and tons of people got and will get lots of enjoyment out of 11+.

DA

[(Anonymous)]

Right, but unless you're a Disney princess, you can wish as much as you want and you're not going to make seasons 11+ disappear. As far as I can tell, the entitlement goes both ways a lot of the time. You're allowed to not like a thing that I like. You're even allowed to ignore the parts you don't like in your fic, art, rewatch parties, whatever. It's entitled to go into my space and shit on the thing I like because you think it sucks. But, it's just as entitled for me to constantly harp on you for not liking it, tell you you're "not a real fan" if you don't like 11 or don't want the show to run forever no matter what, and continually bombard your space with things you don't want and don't like because I think you should like them. Let's all just like what we like.

[arcadiaego]

Conversely the abuse I have gotten for still enjoying Doctor Who from 10 fans (and yes, I know it's not all 10 fans!) makes me resent the RTD era, which I'm really sad about, because I loved 9. That's not the show's fault, it's just a really small minority of people being dickheads, but it does colour things for me. I'm almost *too* good at ignoring canon I don't like (e.g. I happen to really like Alien 3 but I literally just pretend it's somehow completely unconnected to anything else and therefore Newt is fine) but fandom can end up spoiling things for me. Probably in 10 years I'll have completely forgotten about it and enjoy all Who again though.