Hello Fellow Users.
Due to the time reading in here a lot and beeing on the internet for by now about a decade some thought ocurred to me.
Fandoms are some of the most toxic locations one can hang around on the Net itself.
Let me say just right here, beeing a fan, is nothing bad, cause seriously: Who on here isn't a fan of anything honestly? At least there are some games, books or movies / ongoing series, sport, ect. you always come back to, because you like it and it is just good.
The thing that creeps me (and I think damn many people out there)out are the folks obsessed with a thing, or trying to influence their likings by beeing loudmouthy, demanding and sometimes outright threatening, to the writers, producers, designers, ect. as well.
Or in case of total obsession are starting to evolve most of their personality around it (and yet, I count adault fanfic / fanart clearly into that *shivers*) and or start to get pushy towards non fans like: "It's the greatest thing EVAR!!!111!1! You gotto join in man!".
Wherever it may be that fandoms sweetest online game gem, or a series you otherwise had so far no intrest in.
I don't wanna give examples here, but think about it: from games, to ongoing series and novels to Movies, you have those fanboys and if you think about it, they creep you out.
Unless you are a fanboy yourself, but then you still think, that the fanboys of someone elses thing, are creepy, weird fanboys.
Next to the thing, that those fandoms (powered by the fanboys), are getting somewhat smug about their precious thing, mostly in sentences like "Oh, you just don't get it! Check blahblahblah and then do this and you'll TOATALLY get behind it!" or other things among the line, that require more investment, that many people mostly won't have, after getting handet the enceclopedia of "how to like the thing".
It really ain't so much helpfull, as it makes those folks seem like smug and elitist.
The Shitstorms that sometime happen, are just the cherrytopping on the toxic cake, that gets flung around, powered by the need for drama and leaving messes, that puts everyone who witnesses it, after all those things previously stated, pretty much off the entire thing, daring to not come back for a second look, regardless of quality of the thing, those toxic weird people make a fuss about.
Well, thats pretty much all I could state without pointing fingers.
Now your thoughts: How can one improve a fandom or trying to ignore the Fanboys (Which I might add, in the current decade of social media getting spammed with that stuff, is pretty hard), to maybe just enjoy a thing?
Or is a fandom something that may inspire or enrich us, despite the fanboys?
Due to the time reading in here a lot and beeing on the internet for by now about a decade some thought ocurred to me.
Fandoms are some of the most toxic locations one can hang around on the Net itself.
Let me say just right here, beeing a fan, is nothing bad, cause seriously: Who on here isn't a fan of anything honestly? At least there are some games, books or movies / ongoing series, sport, ect. you always come back to, because you like it and it is just good.
The thing that creeps me (and I think damn many people out there)out are the folks obsessed with a thing, or trying to influence their likings by beeing loudmouthy, demanding and sometimes outright threatening, to the writers, producers, designers, ect. as well.
Or in case of total obsession are starting to evolve most of their personality around it (and yet, I count adault fanfic / fanart clearly into that *shivers*) and or start to get pushy towards non fans like: "It's the greatest thing EVAR!!!111!1! You gotto join in man!".
Wherever it may be that fandoms sweetest online game gem, or a series you otherwise had so far no intrest in.
I don't wanna give examples here, but think about it: from games, to ongoing series and novels to Movies, you have those fanboys and if you think about it, they creep you out.
Unless you are a fanboy yourself, but then you still think, that the fanboys of someone elses thing, are creepy, weird fanboys.
Next to the thing, that those fandoms (powered by the fanboys), are getting somewhat smug about their precious thing, mostly in sentences like "Oh, you just don't get it! Check blahblahblah and then do this and you'll TOATALLY get behind it!" or other things among the line, that require more investment, that many people mostly won't have, after getting handet the enceclopedia of "how to like the thing".
It really ain't so much helpfull, as it makes those folks seem like smug and elitist.
The Shitstorms that sometime happen, are just the cherrytopping on the toxic cake, that gets flung around, powered by the need for drama and leaving messes, that puts everyone who witnesses it, after all those things previously stated, pretty much off the entire thing, daring to not come back for a second look, regardless of quality of the thing, those toxic weird people make a fuss about.
Well, thats pretty much all I could state without pointing fingers.
Now your thoughts: How can one improve a fandom or trying to ignore the Fanboys (Which I might add, in the current decade of social media getting spammed with that stuff, is pretty hard), to maybe just enjoy a thing?
Or is a fandom something that may inspire or enrich us, despite the fanboys?