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[lirazel]

All I'm going to say about the current fandom kerfluffle is:

I find it kind of (sadly) hilarious that just a week or two ago we were having a discussion about whether or not our corner of BtVS fandom was dying out, and now we have absolute proof that we still care. A lot. A lot a lot. It's just kind of heartbreaking and infuriating at the same time that it's something this ugly (and repetative OMG IS THIS 2001? TALK ABOUT A BEADED DEAD PONY WHEN WILL THE UNFUNNY BUSINESS REPORT BE UP?) that is the catalyst. People, friends of mine, I support you in your righteous indignation, but I'm annoyed that this is happening AGAIN.

And now I'm going back to kpop land, where the shipper wars are just as intense but involve significantly less Opression Olympics.

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[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

It's weird because I feel very much at a distance from it personally. I'm mostly just upset on behalf of my friends and even friends of friends--several people have had rape threats in their tumblr inboxes, and most of them aren't even involved in the actual kerfluffle--they've just been targeted because of their shipping preferences. Basically the whole thing is awful and I want it to be over.

The whole thing is gross, and I do not like being reminded that fandom can be this disgusting.