Normally I'd agree with you, but here's where it gets tricky with Watchmen. I am not against new fans in general. In fact, I have personally placed Watchmen in the hands of 10 new readers, all of whom have loved it. I'm proud to have done that and am happy to have shared a work I love with others who now appreciate it.
However, Watchmen is also a work that, for the past 20-odd years, has been treated by fans with the utmost dignity and respect; it has engendered deep, philosophical and ideological debate; its plotting, writing, and artwork has been analyzed to a nigh-Shakespearean degree. In short, Watchmen is SRS BSNS.
What I am not looking forward to: fangirls lusting after the Comedian (DOING IT RONG), Rorschach becoming everybody's woobie who was totally right in everything he did (MISSING THE POINT), misogynistic fanfic blaming Laurie for keeping Dan and Rorschach from proclaiming their EPIC TRU WUV, "I did it 35 minutes ago" becoming a meme and making it lose all of its impact in context, and the inevitable wank, wank, WANK.
I guess my point is I'm not against new fans, I just dread the new fandom.
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However, Watchmen is also a work that, for the past 20-odd years, has been treated by fans with the utmost dignity and respect; it has engendered deep, philosophical and ideological debate; its plotting, writing, and artwork has been analyzed to a nigh-Shakespearean degree. In short, Watchmen is SRS BSNS.
What I am not looking forward to: fangirls lusting after the Comedian (DOING IT RONG), Rorschach becoming everybody's woobie who was totally right in everything he did (MISSING THE POINT), misogynistic fanfic blaming Laurie for keeping Dan and Rorschach from proclaiming their EPIC TRU WUV, "I did it 35 minutes ago" becoming a meme and making it lose all of its impact in context, and the inevitable wank, wank, WANK.
I guess my point is I'm not against new fans, I just dread the new fandom.