nyankaty said:
I can't even bring myself to watch Dr. Who, Sherlock, Supernatural, The Avengers, or MLP: FiM and that's completely thanks to the fandom morons on Tumblr.
Yeah, I've heard from quite a few different sources about the dickishness of Dr. Who fans. I've also heard plenty of people say what you just said. So, as a perfectly normal fan of Dr. Who, the fans who are jerks to people piss me off as well. I personally won't mention the show unless someone else mentions it to me. And if I heard someone say they don't like it, I say "It's certainly not for everyone" and move the fuck on. I guess I just wanted to assure you that some of us are not insufferable assholes, though I'm sure you know that.
On the same subject, I fucking hate it when people have to make up names for being a fan of something. "Gleek", "Lostie", "Whovian", "Trekkie", "Brony"...Whatever. It doesn't even matter if I like the show or not. As a matter of fact, I like quite a few of the shows I just mentioned. But I don't feel the need to make myself part of some kind of fucking club. I just LIKE a THING and leave it at that.
AND while I'm on the subject of ridiculous fandoms, I cannot stand it when people randomly insert fictional bits of slang into discussions that have FUCK ALL to do with what their referencing. Stuff like "bro hoof", instead of "bro fist" (a term people shouldn't be using anyway), "every pony" replacing "everybody", "frak" instead of "fuck"...You get the idea.[footnote]Yeah "bronies", I know I have two different MLP examples. You know what? Your fandom is notorious for this. Absolutely the worst offenders, no contest.[/footnote] Hell, even "gods" annoys me, because I just sort of assume it's a reference to something other than the speaker's polytheistic beliefs.
Although, in my defense of that last one, I sort of DO have a reason for hating it. Since people use these terms in conversations that have, once again, FUCK ALL to do with the thing they're referencing, it's just needlessly distracting. It almost comes off as if they want to change the subject so they can talk about their favorite goddamn show some more. But we aren't TALKING about that thing right now! FUCKING. FOCUS. ON THE MATTER. AT HAND. PLEASE.
*sigh* Well, this became a bit of a rant. Oh well. I suppose that's what this topic is for, right?