118 "Nomnomnom" isn't funny anymore under any circumstances. Few catch phrases can survive the onslaught of unfunny people driving them into the ground.
122 The problem is, you can't care about them as much as they care about you, even if you aren't an asshole. And it's that imbalance that causes the problems, because of the misapprehension that fandom is egalitarian, that people all just do what they want to do, and that only horrible venal people do things in order to be popular or get a name in fandom. So there's jealousy, yes, but also that weird jockeying for position to be the friend of the BNF, and it all creates a kind of mess. The only thing that I've seen people do that makes it better is to be very gracious, respectful and appreciative of what people do for you, try never to be condescending, and don't be disingenous about the power differential, because everyone knows it's there.
126 If you aren't already in college, wait until you get there. College students watch tons of soaps.
136 Say what you want about fictional mpreg, but it's incredibly uncool to say that about a real transgendered person.
147 Totally not shallow, since you say that you also like him because he's intelligent, etc. And I choked up when he choked up too! It was such a powerful moment.
161 So many of us feel the same!
162 What a great crossover! Request that for Yuletide or something!
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122 The problem is, you can't care about them as much as they care about you, even if you aren't an asshole. And it's that imbalance that causes the problems, because of the misapprehension that fandom is egalitarian, that people all just do what they want to do, and that only horrible venal people do things in order to be popular or get a name in fandom. So there's jealousy, yes, but also that weird jockeying for position to be the friend of the BNF, and it all creates a kind of mess. The only thing that I've seen people do that makes it better is to be very gracious, respectful and appreciative of what people do for you, try never to be condescending, and don't be disingenous about the power differential, because everyone knows it's there.
126 If you aren't already in college, wait until you get there. College students watch tons of soaps.
136 Say what you want about fictional mpreg, but it's incredibly uncool to say that about a real transgendered person.
147 Totally not shallow, since you say that you also like him because he's intelligent, etc. And I choked up when he choked up too! It was such a powerful moment.
161 So many of us feel the same!
162 What a great crossover! Request that for Yuletide or something!