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F!S Anon Meme (the Seventh, and now on DW!)

Secrets, rants, opinions, anything you want to say about your fandom or a fandom or fandom in general, do it here! Anonymously, of course. Get it all off your chest.

Some ground rules:
1. Going anon is encouraged but not absolutely required (for those who struggle with captchas and stuff).
2. No autoplaying/autolooping embeds, or embeds that cover/stretch the screen.
3. No dropping personal info or IRL contact info, etc.

That's about it, though!

I'll be linking some general/general-fandom threads I see so people don't repost new threads with the same stuff.

Unpopular Ships
Obligatory Masturbation Thread
Fandoms you wish existed
How old are you?
What series have you always meant to watch/read/play/etc. but have never?
Time and location
Female-centric works
How do you feel about Tumblr?
Pet thread
Guilty pleasure thread
Favorite old shows
First fandom?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm the anon you originally replied to (and the one who carried on the Doctor Who conversation with other!Anon). My original questions were actually meant to be rhetorical--just things that represent everyone in fandom except you (seemingly) agrees on x. I didn't mind you answers, though. I think you make good points, and people who deny that in at least some cases, fans choose movies over comics and so on because of convenience are being over-defensive to the max. Like, okay, if that's not why you (generic) prefer it, but pretending that that's not one major factor for many people (esp. ones who will watch the movie but have no desire to even try the source material) is disingenuous.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm glad we're in agreement!

I came across as if I thought less of people for, say, only being interested in the movies instead of comics or wanting to watch attractive people and romantic relationships in series, but I really don't, sorry!

Not everything has to be motivated by DEEP INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS, and there's no shame in admitting to just wanting to be entertained. There is no need to be defensive, in either direction (NO MY LIKES ARE TOTALLY SERIOUS THIS IS A DEEP AND MEANINGFUL EXPLORATION OF THE HUMAN EXISTENCE, ETC.) or (WHO CARES IT'S JUST A MOVIE/BOOK/CARTOON STOP TRYING TO ANALYSE IT YOU'RE RUINING MY FUN GO PLAY SOMEWHERE ELSE WITH YOUR META AND CRITIQUES AND STUFF).

[(Anonymous)]

Pretty much. The only big issue I have is with the people who make judgements about the source material without having consumed it to any meaningful degree (like the "Classic companions were all whiny and weak" example above). Other than that, I'm basically like, "You have your thing; I'll have mine." That doesn't mean that I don't get frustrated and anxious about the fact that I'm seemingly the only person who wants my thing, though.

[(Anonymous)]

Those quick judgements are a symptom of the underlying problem of people in general wanting to appear smart whether they do the research or not (I would know, I'm kind of doing it right now D:).

Well, I'm pretty sure I've seen people commenting on having read or watched all the things you prefer (source material first) and liking them better, so they're definitely out there; they're just drowned out by all the people attracted over the new stuff. It seems that you will have to go out of your way to find them. :(

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah. And a certain subset of Classic fans are definitely partly to blame, too, since they'll insist that strictly New Who fans justify their lack of interest in the older stuff, which is jerky, but I still find the snap judgement of all my favourite characters based on one or two of the worst companions (Susan and Peri, usually) really frustrating.