I've seen this exact thing happen consistently over the years, to both myself and others in fandom. At this point I keep wondering if fandom as a social-space just has a problem with attracting individuals who, on top of lacking even the most basic notions of etiquette, just don't seem to have much of a concern about what sort of experience they turn fandom into for other people. Hitting someone's buttons by mistake is one thing, it happens and it's inevitable in a space with people from so many different backgrounds. But there's a world of difference between that and purposefully marching into someone's space and shitting all over something they clearly said they love and are sick of seeing maligned.
What can be termed 'geeky / nerdy' fandoms suffer from this particularly badly and I've got a litany of nonsense saved over the years, from Star Wars fandom to Tolkien fandom. Beyond a lack of concern with others in fandom, it strikes me as someone investing too much of themselves into being able to 'correctly' identify what is 'bad' in fandom (canons, plot-points, characters, etc) that they reach a point where anyone else finding joy and merit in what they've deemed to be 'bad' feels like a personal attack on themselves and their tastes (that they're mistaking for objective truth).
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Date: 27/11/19 14:30 (UTC)I've seen this exact thing happen consistently over the years, to both myself and others in fandom. At this point I keep wondering if fandom as a social-space just has a problem with attracting individuals who, on top of lacking even the most basic notions of etiquette, just don't seem to have much of a concern about what sort of experience they turn fandom into for other people. Hitting someone's buttons by mistake is one thing, it happens and it's inevitable in a space with people from so many different backgrounds. But there's a world of difference between that and purposefully marching into someone's space and shitting all over something they clearly said they love and are sick of seeing maligned.
What can be termed 'geeky / nerdy' fandoms suffer from this particularly badly and I've got a litany of nonsense saved over the years, from Star Wars fandom to Tolkien fandom. Beyond a lack of concern with others in fandom, it strikes me as someone investing too much of themselves into being able to 'correctly' identify what is 'bad' in fandom (canons, plot-points, characters, etc) that they reach a point where anyone else finding joy and merit in what they've deemed to be 'bad' feels like a personal attack on themselves and their tastes (that they're mistaking for objective truth).