In my fit of sleeplessness, I was reading through the far reaches of friendsfriendsfriends...and you know what?
SV doesn't have people declaring that the fandom is divided into two groups, those who publish in one forum and write good fanfic, and those who use another and somehow inherently suck.
SV doesn't have cults devoted to the notion that the actors are actually sleeping with each other, no matter how delightful the fantasy might be.
SV doesn't have shipper wars. Also, we may not have a lot of femslash, but at least we've got it established (in the adult portion of the fandom, anyway) that it's declasse to look down on it. No one tries to sell articles of clothing declaring that it's nauseating. Slasher's misogyny is still an ugly problem here, but it could be a lot more widespread than it is.
No, when we spill blood, it's over actual issues. We are a freaking bastion of civilization. Hmph. Take that, naysayers.
Posted by Sarah T. at December 2, 2003 02:35 PM | TrackBack*bangs head against table*
God, I wish QaF didn't have those things either. The fandom division thing was this stupid newbie joke that got picked up on by some crazy people and turned v. v. scary.
Posted by: soundczech at December 3, 2003 07:38 PMIt's enough to make me want to write QaF and release the stories only on some random multifandom mailing-list.
Posted by: Sarah T. at December 3, 2003 07:48 PM