Yeah, latest fandom stuff

[pegkerr]

I've avoided commenting on the latest fandom kerfluffle, because I'm just really perplexed as to what to say. Besides, why the hell would anyone expect me to say anything?

Except yeah, plagiarism, not so good.
Friendships still stand.
Death threats, infinitely much worse. Not cool at all.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, fine. Believe me, you really don't need to know.

Sorry, I just can't say more than that.

Comments

[papersky.livejournal.com]

I can understand, emotionally, the urge to make death threats to someone who has plagiarised (not actually to kill them, or even hurt them, but to say something like "I wish I could wring your neck") much more easily than I can understand someone plagiarising and thinking it's all right.

I've never been much in favour of fan fiction, but all of this stuff has made me feel far more negative than before.

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

I like to think that "making death threats" is usually blowing off steam. Certainly if *I* ever intended to kill somebody I would keep *very very quiet* about it; I would want it to be a surprise. However, it's not an acceptable way of blowing off steam, beyond talking to close friends who know you're not serious. Publishing the blowing off of steam is Not Good.

This sort of hysterical emotional involvement seems to me prevalent, indeed it seems to me largely the *point* (at slightly lower levels of hysteria), of single-world fandoms, and is a major part of why I do not find them attractive.

[lilisonna.livejournal.com]

Really, you can find this sort of hysteria in any reasonable small social circle. I've encountered it in more places than you can possibly imagine including dog obedience circles, Unitarian Churches, Presbyterian churches, writer's groups, theaters (ohmygodthetheaterDRAMA) and other places too numerous to list.

Anything that folks feel passionate about will, ultimately, have Drama incidents.