I've got this cousin who is kind of a massive fan of Doctor Who and as far as I know she pretty much only interacts with the DW community that exists on Facebook
which is totally weird to me, but people do what they do
Turns out people like hanging out with people who have similar interests!
ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
I used to think that certain fandoms were dumb and people should feel bad about them. I think I realized three things at a certain point, though:
1. Half the stuff I like and think is really dumb.
2. Really honestly, who cares if people like Buffy the Vampire Slayer so much they think they're Xander? As long as they aren't hurting anybody it's none of my business, and frankly they likely have bigger problems.
3. People like the people in that story (because I don't know its veracity but I've certainly seen things one could see as similar) aren't being awful because they and their friends like something. They're being awful because they're pitiable people whose only social circle finds behaving that way in public acceptable or even admirable.
I used to be actively angry at the MLP fandom, for instance, and I stopped to examine why. For one thing, I realized that a lot of it was me judging groups of people for liking something that was targeted at younger people, and I realized that was dumb and stopped and am much happier for it.
I will always hate them forever, though, because I grew up with and LOVED the original MLP and therefore they are my natural enemy.
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
+5
miscellaneousinsanitygrass grows, birds fly, sun shines,and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered Userregular
i was going to make a comment about the fakeness of the story in the OP
but then i remembered the video about spitting in a bucket
After the picture of some My Little Pony plush being dissolve in some guys bottle of semen. There's nothing fake anymore. At one point in time I would of thought that there's no way a team of guys would allow a horse to fuck someone to death, but now I know better.
As much shade as I throw at SuperWhoLock kids, at least most of them aren't problematic, besides the rare ones who really don't get why defending Moffat is a bad idea
MLP fans, however, are the other way around. I'm glad that there is a feminist anti-brony contingent of MLP viewers but they are, at least on the internet, a minority
it's the ones who identify as SuperWhoLocks you gotta watch out for
I'm not making up that term and I wish I were
the only thing worse than SuperWhoLock was the Onceler fandom but thankfully that's pretty much extinct
hmm
you know, I don't think I'll investigate this one
Tumblr gets a lot of fandoms which burn very brightly and very quickly to a ridiculous degree
It's how Homestuck (which was one of the rare ones to actually stick), Night Vale, Dangan Ronpa, and a bunch of other stuff went from internet sleeper hits to more widespread cult classics
The Oncler thing was the most terribly bright and thankfully it was over within months, beyond a few scattered embers
I'd say SWL is worse because it somehow has had longevity, also it's main feature seems to be trying to push SWL into anything and everything. The Onceler fandom was just a brief thing.
i've seen stuff trying to explain the Onceler fandom but I've always left it way more confused than I came in
that may be the desired effect, actually
+1
ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
Is "onceler" a Dr. Seuss thing?
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
I'd say SWL is worse because it somehow has had longevity, also it's main feature seems to be trying to push SWL into everything and everything. The Onceler fandom was just a brief thing.
SuperWhoLock is the perfect mixture of boyband-esque fangirling over pretty boys (because augh those Supernatural boys are so pretty), regular fandom shenanigans, and three different shows with an easy set of memes and tropes to dive into
Also means every blog of the SuperWhoLock variety looks the exact same. Like it's the uniform they wear.
ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
It IS a Dr. Seuss thing? I somehow forgot The Lorax.
Do they go around trying to cut down all of the trees?
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
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Turns out people like hanging out with people who have similar interests!
Who would have thought?
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even Reddit has a better interface for that kind of thing
fuzzbutlers is I think the preferred nomenclature
Hey at least it's not Twitter.
I proposed the Fuzznuttz at our last meeting.
true
in terms of an interface for fostering a community, I'd say message boards like this one > reddit > tumblr > facebook > twitter
Enemies of the state
we don't actually need to change my name to that as I embody that philosophy in everything I do in life
it's the ones who identify as SuperWhoLocks you gotta watch out for
I'm not making up that term and I wish I were
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1. Half the stuff I like and think is really dumb.
2. Really honestly, who cares if people like Buffy the Vampire Slayer so much they think they're Xander? As long as they aren't hurting anybody it's none of my business, and frankly they likely have bigger problems.
3. People like the people in that story (because I don't know its veracity but I've certainly seen things one could see as similar) aren't being awful because they and their friends like something. They're being awful because they're pitiable people whose only social circle finds behaving that way in public acceptable or even admirable.
I used to be actively angry at the MLP fandom, for instance, and I stopped to examine why. For one thing, I realized that a lot of it was me judging groups of people for liking something that was targeted at younger people, and I realized that was dumb and stopped and am much happier for it.
I will always hate them forever, though, because I grew up with and LOVED the original MLP and therefore they are my natural enemy.
true patriots
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oh god i'm dying
you're killing me
the only thing worse than SuperWhoLock was the Onceler fandom but thankfully that's pretty much extinct
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MLP fans, however, are the other way around. I'm glad that there is a feminist anti-brony contingent of MLP viewers but they are, at least on the internet, a minority
hmm
you know, I don't think I'll investigate this one
Tumblr gets a lot of fandoms which burn very brightly and very quickly to a ridiculous degree
It's how Homestuck (which was one of the rare ones to actually stick), Night Vale, Dangan Ronpa, and a bunch of other stuff went from internet sleeper hits to more widespread cult classics
The Oncler thing was the most terribly bright and thankfully it was over within months, beyond a few scattered embers
that may be the desired effect, actually
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SuperWhoLock is the perfect mixture of boyband-esque fangirling over pretty boys (because augh those Supernatural boys are so pretty), regular fandom shenanigans, and three different shows with an easy set of memes and tropes to dive into
Also means every blog of the SuperWhoLock variety looks the exact same. Like it's the uniform they wear.
And that cute quirkyness made a bunch of teenage girls on the internet go briefly insane
Do they go around trying to cut down all of the trees?
Yeah
People got super into onceler from the lorax movie
Which I haven't seen but from what I've goeaned it had a dream sequence or something which featured an evil onceler
And a lot of people like to imagine that the good onceler and the evil onceler would smooch all up on each other
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And was like "wait, why make a thread about hating femdoms?"
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Serves me right for trying to respond to a post in an active thread in my ipad
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