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hackthis_archive) wrote2006-03-15 10:09 am
hackthis_archive) wrote2006-03-15 10:09 am
Ah, fandom.
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thecomfychair has informed me that on 1 April, Yesterday, the beloved
violetsmiles had a meme asking how you'd found her LJ, what your favorite Prince song was (you can't choose just one for real), and what song made you think of fandom. The last one actually had me stymied for a bit until this morning when Damon Albarn started hollering that he was looking for Girls who want boys/ who like boys to be girls/ who do boys like they're girls/ who do girls like they're boys/ Always should be someone you really love -- and I said, oh, Blur's 'Girls & Boys' THAT'S SO FANDOM. And then a few hours later I got an e-mail that people were talking shit about a friend of mine in their locked posts, and besides just being rude and juvenile and crass, my first thought was, I've so been here!
Sometimes people judge you without knowing a damn thing about you. Sometimes people are just that infantile and petty. Some people just have to get their hate on. And I thought of Timex Social Club's 'Rumours' -- I'll think I'll write my congressman, and tell him to pass a bill, the next time they catch somebody starting rumors---shoot to kill! -- because THAT'S SO FANDOM, TOO.
At the end of the day though, we're all in this together. Love it, hate it, want to take a torch to it and burn that branch off of the family tapestry, we do this fandom shit together. No one else understands it, and protects it the way we do, and that's what makes it so interesting. And in that instance, well, there's only one song for it: Sister Sledge 'We Are Family' -- BECAUSE THAT'S JUST FANDOM.
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I'm a pretty direct girl. If I like someone, they know it. If I dislike someone, they know it. And the thing that really bothered me about fandom was how it was so... well, I'm not going to say anything about someone in locked post that I wouldn't say in an unlocked post. First, it's not a cool way to act. Second, dude, THE PERSON WILL FIND OUT. Because, really, there have been two different times when people have said shit about me in locked posts, and people who I talk with a lot, though not necessarily on LJ where people can see it, have sent me the contents of the posts. I never mentioned it on LJ and mostly just laughed, rolled my eyes, and said, "spineless, bitches," but it still wasn't *cool*. And third, isn't there better shit we could be doing with our time?
Dude, "We Are Family" is perfect. Fandom is a family. And sure, sometimes it's your Uncle Jesse who drinks too much, always says the wrong thing, and will offend you at least once in a three hour period, but that's still family.
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...so like high school/secondary school? Yes, well.
Because, really, there have been two different times when people have said shit about me in locked posts, and people who I talk with a lot, though not necessarily on LJ where people can see it, have sent me the contents of the posts.
Ah, see normally people talk/attack me through my stories in open posts, and then are shocked when I find out about them. Do people think I live in an ivory tower and never read any other LJ but the ones I have listed? I don't mind if you don't like the story, I've written plenty of stories I don't like anymore, but then when I ask you why and you call me *stupid*? Uh, yeah, no. And no, it's not cool, because generally part of an adult is having tact and learning how not to act as though you're 16. Some people haven't quite grasped this concept yet.
We give them the finger. ;)