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Actually, I am a Sherlock/John shipper! It's my favorite part of the series. The thing is that I see Sherlock as asexual (as in truly asexual, not the "asexual until John's magical Peen heals him of this affliction") so that narrows down the field for me quite a bit in terms of fic and fans to squee with. But generally, by "The Crazy", I am referring to those who take it above and beyond to the point of hating on other characters who can come between the ship and those who see things that aren't even really there. A good example of that last one is the scene by the pool where Moriarty says they both know Sherlock has some kind of heart. People said Sherlock glanced over at John at that moment. No, he didn't. o.O

You're right and I do agree with you for the most part about it being up to me ultimately. That could have just been a bad first experience and I would gladly eat my words if proven wrong.

Aha the worst one I've seen is this screencap, I think from Baskerville(not sure, I do. Watch the episodes obsessively so...), of Sherlock handing John a business card, and people going on about how Sherlock is reaching out to John. How much he needs to just touch him and feel him there with him because he feels so fragile without John's stabilizing presence.

Yeah, no. He was handing him a card. Holy shit people.

WTF? Really? See, now it's THAT kind of crazy I'm talking about. The relationship between the two men is beautiful and epic. They reach out to each other in their loneliness. All of that can still be true without every gesture they make or word they say have some sort of ~deeper meaning.

It doesn't narrow the field, I assure you. Plenty of folks write and see Sherlock as asexual. It's not an obscure thing. There are tons of fanworks out there that deal with it from fluff to angst and all in between. Ask for fic recs in communities. People will be more than happy to help you out.

I still don't understand how those people enjoying themselves in any way negatively affects you. Okay, so some people are too immature to handle the thought of other characters getting in the way of their ship- what does it matter to you? They'll grow up and learn from it eventually and most likely look back on their "I hate X cause they're ruining Z/Y!" with some embarrassment and a bit of wisdom. And okay, some people get a little delusional and want to see things that aren't there (like Sherlock glancing at John)... so what? Who cares? Shrug and move on. No one's forcing you to take part in that. You really can just roll your eyes and scroll right past it.

I assure you, there are so many wonderfully talented people in this fandom who are also kind, intelligent, hilarious, and fun. This fandom in particular is one of the funniest I've ever been in. It's a lovely place.

All this Sherlock talk is making me want to watch the show and get back to my reading of the books. I wonder if I can do both at the same time...

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Isn't this person doing what you're suggesting already, though? Not complaining about being "forced" to participate, but asking for places that they can interact with the fandom in the way they prefer. It's...what you're telling them to do, except they're acting for specifics for the "lovely places" you or others might know of.

Like okay I get what you're saying about not looking down on people for having too much fun or whatever but this person isn't coming across as scoffing and dismissive to me at all

*asking for specifics, oops

ayrt

No, I was responding to their comment about "the crazy" and how that must somehow impact their enjoyment of fandom (they directly said they left a previous fandom because of it).

Okay, but if the way the fandom works is not enjoyable to you it's still a perfectly logical train of thought to divorce yourself from that fandom. Yes, actually, other fans can impact a person's willingness to interact with those specific fans. That's not inherently a bad thing. It's a personality/preference thing. It's one thing to say you can't enjoy a show anymore because of the fandom, but to say "I can't enjoy this fandom because of this fandom" seems pretty natural.

I'm mostly just baffled by your "no one is forcing you" bit because yes, yes that is exactly the point

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