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15th-May-2008 06:38 pm
stressed
Why is it that when fans write books about being fans, the first thing they do is perpetuate all the stupid myths that put people off fans in the first place, and then say "Of course I'm not like that, ha ha"?

None of us is Like That. Even the ones who are, a bit, are People. I hate this idea of the Other Fans, of creating a Them that you can sneakily edge away from and then point and hoot like all the rest. If anything were likely to make me start using the word "mundane" in a pejorative sense, it would be that--and I wouldn't be applying it to the complete non-fans, the ordinary nice decent people who don't happen to share our tastes, but to the hypocrites who do share them but don't want to be lumped in with the rest of us. They *want* to be mundane. They *choose* to be mundane. So be it.

Judge not. Lest ye be judged.
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15th-May-2008 06:08 pm (UTC)
[info]jahura
Why do you read them if the annoy you so much?
15th-May-2008 07:21 pm (UTC)
[info]smallship1
Because I always hope for the best. :)
15th-May-2008 07:40 pm (UTC)
[info]jahura
What do you hope for? I don't mean as in an unbiased observation of fans, but what attracts you to the subject?

15th-May-2008 09:30 pm (UTC)
[info]smallship1
Well, I'm interested in other people who are like me in this respect, and why they choose to be like me, and how it affects their lives. What I hope to see is someone who is not ashamed of being like me in this respect having the articulacy to say so, and the combination of talent, application and luck to get into print saying so. Unfortunately, the only people who manage it seem to be the ones who are willing to badmouth the rest of us to make themselves look normal.
15th-May-2008 09:44 pm (UTC)
[info]jahura
If you truly feel the need for it, why don't you write one and blaze the trail?

Never mind, question answered. :)

Edited at 2008-05-15 10:20 pm (UTC)
15th-May-2008 06:56 pm (UTC)
[info]dickgloucester
*sends you nice bottle of wine*

I get so sick of being sneered at by people who enjoy the same things as I do, but don't think one ought to express enthusiasm about them. *looks hard at most of own family members*

But I do think Jahura's question is apposite. It's not good for your blood pressure.
15th-May-2008 09:38 pm (UTC)
[info]smallship1
Jahura's questions always make me think, which is the best way to calm down. Anyway, given the choice I'd rather be too passionate than not passionate enough, every time. :)

15th-May-2008 07:46 pm (UTC)
[info]howeird
I suppose I ought to write one, just to say "yeah, I'm a fan, wanna make something of it?"
15th-May-2008 09:32 pm (UTC)
[info]smallship1
I keep starting one, but as with all writing, starting is easy, getting to the middle is hard.
15th-May-2008 10:24 pm (UTC)
[info]jahura
Is that the meat part or the lettuce-and-tomato part?
16th-May-2008 07:28 am (UTC)
[info]soren_nyrond
Having been judged, on many occasions, I somehow might feel entitled to my own opinion ... and to expressing it.

Free speech shouldn't cost you -- equally, no-one is obliged to *listen*.
16th-May-2008 07:51 am (UTC)
[info]siderea
Word.
18th-May-2008 01:24 am (UTC)
[info]batyatoon
Seriously.
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