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fannish musings
Jun. 3rd, 2012 01:21 am(This is POTC fandom stuff, just FYI for readers)
I just realized its been about five years exactly since AWE came out in theaters - I think it was Memorial Day weekend 2007. I thought about how my fannish life changed in the year or so on either side of that. Before DMC or so in 2006, I'd been in a few fandoms and they were always fun and inclusive, and had room for porn and thoughtful plot discussion and zillions of possibilities - like a big fraternity where all opinions and likes were respected. But after DMC came out, I saw a different kind of fandom - one where some bossypants who wanted to be the queen and her court talked down to, dismissed, abraded, booed, ostracized, and belittled anyone who didn't agree with their opinions exactly. It eventually killed my love for the fandom, some of those fans and what they liked, and my desire to write as much - and I really thought I'd never enjoy a fandom again. Thank heavens for the wide range of humor and other possibilities in Red Dwarf, which helped renew a lot of that. However, I still have residual feelings about POTC fandom 5 years out (I'm sorry, I don't count the fourth movie - I didn't care about it at all), just not all strong ones. Like:
1) Plus: I'm a lot more sure what feminism should include and what it should not, for me. I refined my opinions dealing with fans who seem to have gotten their educations at the University of We Confuse The Ability To Have Sex With Anyone We Want With Being A Strong Woman. I'm pretty sure defining a female character by whatever dick she's riding is still sexist, even if you like that dick better than any other dick in the movies.
2) Minus: I really am indifferent to Depp and anything he does these days. When I see a new movie of his is coming out, I roll my eyes and wonder what lunacy his more strident fangirls on LJ are going to cook up to cause problems in that fandom. They sucked out every bit of fun for many of us who enjoyed POTC at one time.
3) Minus: There are a few certain LJers that, no matter what else they might ever do on LJ, I will always associate with being assholes because they were assholes in that fandom. Maybe they have more than one-note personalities, but you couldn't prove it by me.
4) To end on a plus - Will Turner is still the cat's pajamas. That is all. ^..^
I just realized its been about five years exactly since AWE came out in theaters - I think it was Memorial Day weekend 2007. I thought about how my fannish life changed in the year or so on either side of that. Before DMC or so in 2006, I'd been in a few fandoms and they were always fun and inclusive, and had room for porn and thoughtful plot discussion and zillions of possibilities - like a big fraternity where all opinions and likes were respected. But after DMC came out, I saw a different kind of fandom - one where some bossypants who wanted to be the queen and her court talked down to, dismissed, abraded, booed, ostracized, and belittled anyone who didn't agree with their opinions exactly. It eventually killed my love for the fandom, some of those fans and what they liked, and my desire to write as much - and I really thought I'd never enjoy a fandom again. Thank heavens for the wide range of humor and other possibilities in Red Dwarf, which helped renew a lot of that. However, I still have residual feelings about POTC fandom 5 years out (I'm sorry, I don't count the fourth movie - I didn't care about it at all), just not all strong ones. Like:
1) Plus: I'm a lot more sure what feminism should include and what it should not, for me. I refined my opinions dealing with fans who seem to have gotten their educations at the University of We Confuse The Ability To Have Sex With Anyone We Want With Being A Strong Woman. I'm pretty sure defining a female character by whatever dick she's riding is still sexist, even if you like that dick better than any other dick in the movies.
2) Minus: I really am indifferent to Depp and anything he does these days. When I see a new movie of his is coming out, I roll my eyes and wonder what lunacy his more strident fangirls on LJ are going to cook up to cause problems in that fandom. They sucked out every bit of fun for many of us who enjoyed POTC at one time.
3) Minus: There are a few certain LJers that, no matter what else they might ever do on LJ, I will always associate with being assholes because they were assholes in that fandom. Maybe they have more than one-note personalities, but you couldn't prove it by me.
4) To end on a plus - Will Turner is still the cat's pajamas. That is all. ^..^
