Yeah, I can tell it's May ...

[veronica_rich]

This makes the second troll my Will community has attracted from sparrabeth in the past month. (You've gotta scroll to the bottom of those pages for it.) Why do I think that? Oh, I don't know - just a hunch.

This wasn't a criticism of my writing style (which would be fair). It was simply an excuse to anonymously bitch in a minority forum and denounce anything that takes fan focus off Jack and/or Elizabeth.

And no, neither of these comments are particularly horrifying, but as it gets closer to May 23 and some J/E fans get meaner about not getting their way ... well, I haven't lived this long not to spot a problem a mile away. I don't want to have to resort to disabling anonymous commenting in a fan forum. Are there any community mods on my f-list who have dealt with this, with advice? I already made a short post asking "visitors" to the comm to be respectful of the members there, but I wonder if it'll work.

Geez o pete. I didn't realizing having a Will community would be like disagreeing with the Mafia! LOL


Seriously, I keep reading how J/E fans are so much older and more mature than us "13-year-old hormonal" Will/Orlando fans. Me no think so.

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[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I think every place has its immaturity. What gets me, though, is at 34 I know I'm no gum-popping adolescent looking for McDreamy (no offense to Patrick Dempsey - I mean as a general term), nor am I alone in my geriatric-ness in the Orlando fan community - and yet, there are so many J/E fans who absolutely *pride* themselves on being older, more mature than us, etc. Truth be told, I don't really think there's any age difference, and there's certainly no reason for them to talk down to us.

[solitaryraven.livejournal.com]

Oh I agree, I've just stated that feeling from my experience, but then I suppose I'm biased anyway.

And I agree about the stigma of being a Will fan. Yes, there are people that enjoy Will solely because of his appearance (and the Will thread at KTTC is doing nothing to stop that, IMO), but there are plenty who like the character for the character. Sure, I found Orlando attractive my first time viewing the first movie, and I still do, but I would enjoy Will as much as I do if he were written in a book and never depicted visually by anyone. I like the character as he's written and depicted and absolutely none of my interest in him comes from who's playing him or his appearance. None.

Honestly, just because I have to say it, anyone who's going to feel better than someone because they're more mature is showing their own immaturity by thinking that.