As so many others have said, I'm sorry you're feeling bad about fandom. I love your archive. The design is beautiful and clean, and the range of stories is excellent. LJ is fine, but if you really want fic, you've got to have an archive.
I've been doing fandom about 15 years. This is my third community. The politics stuff happens, and I used to get caught up in it. Nowadays, I ignore it.
My fandom is about what *I* enjoy, and the friends I've made with the things I enjoy as a catalyst. It's not about what anybody else likes. It's not about what anybody else thinks of what I like. If people think I'm a ditzy serial killer lover, that's their priviledge and their opinion, and they're entitled to think it. However, I don't have to give their opinion any weight at all. That's *my* priviledge.
The one thing in this world we can control is ourselves. What other people do will always be beyond our grasp. We may influence others, but we can't rule them. By the same token, nobody has power over you that you don't cede.
I apologize for pontificating. It's my flaw...
I understand your frustration with the politics of fandom. I share it. In my perfect world, the competition between fan factions doesn't exist because, actually, it's absurd and moronic. There isn't anything to be won or lost here.
It's just a story.
To quote Shakespeare, "'Tis a tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, and signifying nothing."
But when the story no longer entertains, there simply isn't any reason to keep holding on. I hope you can find something else to give you the pleasure you once had from BtVS.
But remember, the rest of us aren't just Spike-loving ciphers. And sharing a love of Spike isn't the only reason any of us would consider being your friend. Leaving the fandom doesn't mean you have to leave the community. There are plenty of things in the world to talk about with friends that aren't BtVS.
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Date: 2003-11-08 04:02 am (UTC)I've been doing fandom about 15 years. This is my third community. The politics stuff happens, and I used to get caught up in it. Nowadays, I ignore it.
My fandom is about what *I* enjoy, and the friends I've made with the things I enjoy as a catalyst. It's not about what anybody else likes. It's not about what anybody else thinks of what I like. If people think I'm a ditzy serial killer lover, that's their priviledge and their opinion, and they're entitled to think it. However, I don't have to give their opinion any weight at all. That's *my* priviledge.
The one thing in this world we can control is ourselves. What other people do will always be beyond our grasp. We may influence others, but we can't rule them. By the same token, nobody has power over you that you don't cede.
I apologize for pontificating. It's my flaw...
I understand your frustration with the politics of fandom. I share it. In my perfect world, the competition between fan factions doesn't exist because, actually, it's absurd and moronic. There isn't anything to be won or lost here.
It's just a story.
To quote Shakespeare, "'Tis a tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, and signifying nothing."
But when the story no longer entertains, there simply isn't any reason to keep holding on. I hope you can find something else to give you the pleasure you once had from BtVS.
But remember, the rest of us aren't just Spike-loving ciphers. And sharing a love of Spike isn't the only reason any of us would consider being your friend. Leaving the fandom doesn't mean you have to leave the community. There are plenty of things in the world to talk about with friends that aren't BtVS.