[ SECRET POST #1967 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1967 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 051 secrets from Secret Submission Post #281.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[dafnelemmon.livejournal.com]

that's what anonlulz and the anon K/S fan did before me too. Excuse me if I dared to reply like you and the other anon are also doing. But hey I accept all the blame if it makes you feel better ;)

[(Anonymous)]

How do you know that that anon is a K/S fan?

[(Anonymous)]

the fact that a K/S fan said pretty much the same thing in another secret that generated wank could make someone guess that ;) just saying.
I came to the conclusion that it's always the same people (from both groups) replying in these secrets anyway.
It's also a little irritating for me personally when shippers claim to not be shippers (especially posting anonymously) because usually those make attacks on a specific group so the whole I'm not a shipper comes off as an excuse to sound unbiased. If you don't care about either shipper you don't care to start arguments with any of those fans either, at least in my opinion.

[(Anonymous)]

+1

harry potter anyone? I'm not shippy in that fandom and yes the shipper wars were and still are annoying as hell but I could care less about them wanking I never commented taking sides to the extent that some "non shippers" do here. Who cares to participate in the wank. Not my shipper. No one to defend. Not energy to waste.
It makes sense for the shippers to comment to the attacks and get defensive because you're touching what they like, but if it's not your shipper then why you care so much?
so yeah I don't believe in the non shippers crap either, not when people make comments like the ones above.

[(Anonymous)]

I am genuinely a non-shipper (at least for TOS and AOS - I do admit to liking a little Riker/Troi, Dax/Worf and Chakotay/Janeway in my day) believe me or don't believe, my point remains the same. The shipwars have gotten out of hand. Every secret posted on this site either is about it or becomes one in the comments. I care about this for two reasons, one is I'd like to talk about other Trek related topics, and two because it paints the Trek fandom as a whole in a bad light. The type of behavior put on display here is embarrassing for ALL of us, especially considering that the theme of Trek, especially TOS era, is tolerance and equality. I wish both sides would just stop already. I don't think it's too off-base a desire to voice. Go ahead and jump all over me for expressing that desire as you already have. I'm beginning to wonder if the fighting will ever end because its becoming clear that anytime anyone calls your attention to how bad its getting, you get defensive of THAT too. Its not just ships you're defensive of, your defensive over being defensive. I mean, Christ, what does it take to have some peace and some Trek discussions that don't make us all look so horrible on a multi-fandom site where impressions can easily be made?

Let me ask you this, do you think the shipwars have scared anyone off, people who were kind of interested but just out to test the waters, from getting involved in Trek fandom? Because I do think this and it makes me sad. It's not helping the franchise.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

as I feel the same my advice is to avoid fandomsecrets like plague it's the same people arguing here. Believe me both shippers don't argue that much in other places they pretty much ignore each other and talk with only the ones that agree with them anyway, read and post in other communities and fanboards they aren't all bad. Usually the shipper wars are more common where people don't have to register and hide behind anon (the trekmovie site is bad too although the webmaster had banned some users recently so I guess he can read the IP but I don't comment there because it's too messy anyway) If you have tumblr just block the users that you don't like.

[(Anonymous)]

That is definitely good advice, although ST isn't the only reason I come to this site. I have a bunch of other fandoms I follow, too. SG (all of them), SW, BG and FS to name a few. I'm usually better about avoiding the shipwars stuff though I followed this secret because I agreed with OP like whoa. It's like OP is Betazed and took the thoughts right out of my mind. ;)

I don't have a tumblr but I will stay away from trekmovie now that you've warned me (startrek.com can be pretty bad sometimes, too), thanks for the heads-up.

[(Anonymous)]

That's not proof at all that said anon is a K/S fans.

In fact, the sentiment that they're expressing (that it's annoying when people tout their canon ship as better simply because it's canon) is one that is shared by many people across practically every fandom under the sun. Just because someone else, who happened to be a K/S shipper, expressed that sentiment in a previous post doesn't mean that the anon you're referring to is that same person or even a fan of the K/S ship. You're just jumping to conclusions here.

Also, what are you trying to say? That everyone involved in fandom must ship something? That's hardly the case. There are many people involved with fandom that actually don't ship anything. The reason that people are stating their shipping stance when they comment in these threads is because people like you assume that they must ship pairing x because they're making y statements and therefore their opinions are invalid. In addition, it is perfectly understandable why someone who is not affiliated with any ship would want to express their dislike of the pointless wank that's gripped this fandom as of late.

Why do you think I made this secret? I made it because I was sick of every Star Trek secret being about stupid ship wars or somehow managing to incite another ship war because of wanky comments made by both sides. I'm still baffled by how both the S/U shippers and the K/S shippers are so quick to condemn one another for the mean comments made by a few members of their ship. The fact is, in fandom there are always a few people that will try to ruin the experience for everyone with their nasty comments and poor attitude--just like in the real world. The point is not to let those people spread their nastiness around, which I feel has been happening as of late in the Star Trek fandom.

It's upsetting to see two groups of people--some of whom are some of my closest friends despite not having anything in common when it comes to shipping--being pitted against each other by the few mean people who want to start nothing but wank.

[(Anonymous)]

different nonny

Also, what are you trying to say? That everyone involved in fandom must ship something?

I think that the point here is that some people seem too overinvested to be the non shippers they claim to be.
Yes, some people don't ship and that's fine. But when people start a post that is specifically against one fan group (this is not your case here I'm talking about in general and what I've read in other threads) and they state that they ship no one and yet they obviously take one side and passionately defend one fan group just like the other shippers do then yes it seems that you're just trying to look unbiased thus validating your opinion as the most neutral one when it isn't.
I'm not disagreeing with you but I'm saying that in every fandom you also have people that can actually pretend to not be shippers while they're in fact shippers too. I see it all the time and with people commenting anon here it's even easier to do that because of course no one can open your profile and see if you ship one of those couples.

I have nothing to say against your secret because I totally agree with it.

[(Anonymous)]

same anon
this happened to me: I once made a fanvideo about a pair from another fandom and this girl replied to it saying that she didn't ship any couple in the show and then proceeded to talk about the flaws of my ship arguing with the other commenters saying that the fans of the other pair had valid points. I checked her profile and she didn't have shippers but she linked her secondary yt account where she uploaded her own videos and surprise surprise: she was in fact a fan of the other couple. I wish she'd just said that, bashing and all, at least it would be honest bashing.