[ SECRET POST #173 ]

[shahni.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #173 ⌋

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

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Secrets Left to Post: 06 pages, 68 secrets from Secret Submission Post #025.
Secrets Not Posted: [1] broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom
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Comments

Re: 8

[willag.livejournal.com]

Y’know, I chalk up fan phenomena – such as the 1xR and 1x2 debate – as fan susceptibility and immaturity.

When people first try something they’re newbs and more easily impressed upon by peers. Yaoi/shounen ai seemed to be such a growing craze (or maybe it already was a big hit by that time and I was just placed among friends who were starting to become obsessed with it) and most people I got involved with jumped on the bandwagon. Me too… don’t get me wrong, I genuinely like shounen ai, however in my initiation into it I was quite immature.

When I first watched GW, I absolutely loved the couple 1xR and was pissed at the end when they didn’t kiss – I also loved 3x4 at the time (even if just friends… they are my OTP of the series) so the gender of the people involved just didn’t matter to me as long as it was love. But then I got introduced to the wonderful world of the internet… and the fandom of 1x2. I fell in love with it right away. Not sure why, just did. But I pulled a 180 and completely started hating Relena and bashing her right and left. I did many other… er… humiliating things in my immaturity (i.e. gah-gah over whimpy-uke-“little one”-Quatre), but I was young, impressionable n00b… I hadn’t enough time to really think things over, break away, and form my own opinion.

With experience – and a chance to be by myself (I ended up moving away from my friends, and while I still stayed in close touch with them I had so much more freedom to enjoy and love my own things without being infected by other people’s opinions) – I began to develop my own beliefs, interpretations, and preferences. My opinions began branching away from my friends.

I’m still impressionable – that’s my personality – and I probably still have immature whims. I wouldn’t be surprised if later on down the line I become just as embarrassed or shamed of something/someone I like now as I am now of back then. But in the end, it’s just me growing up and changing. I’ve been an anime fan of 11 years, and it shows. And it’s whimsical even while being embarrassing.

So, honestly, newbies and fandom immaturity don’t really bother me. I’m of the belief that everyone takes things at his/her own pace and will grow and change with time. I can put up with it. And if it does begin to bother me, I just ignore it or leave (before I go and say or do something I shouldn’t). What would piss me off though is if someone never changes. If he or she is so stagnant in his/her quagmire of stubbornness… constantly closeminded and unwilling to try new things. I haven’t personally met someone like that yet… doesn’t mean people like that don’t exist, I just haven’t met one.

I guess if there’s anything that bothers me about 1x2, it’s that it has such a HUMONGINORMOUS fanbase, and it completely overshadows my 3x4. Finding good 3x4 fanfics/merchandise is like trying to play golf in the desert (not that I’ve ever done that… but I can only imagine the frustration playing in big sandtrap)… I went to an anime con, and even though the booth probably had over 100 GW yaoi dj, I couldn’t find a single one of 3x4. 1x2 really frustrated me at that point.

I’m much more open about pairings now. I can read and enjoy almost any pairing in GW, though they generally tend to revolve around Duo and Quatre. It’s easier to read a story that includes either/both of my favorite charas.

Re: 8

[daluci.livejournal.com]

You just expressed quite a few of my opinions in words much better than I would have ever found. ♥

I quite agree on the lack of findable 3x4 -- and I've discussed this with other members of the GW fandom in the past, actually.

And yes, being stuck in one place as far as views go is terrible. Stagnation is perhaps the worst thing a person can do when it comes to fandom, in my opinion.