I've read over that particular thread.... and some things in there made me want to bash my head against the nearest solid surface. Death threats, people? Heh, this reminds me of the whole kerfuffle in the Torchwood fandom, where some nutty people posted death threats to the writers and even to the actors themselves because a popular character had been killed off. The media had a field day with this, of course -- painting the fandom as a whole in a very negative light just because a few wankers went over the line.
I admit, I'm pretty annoyed by the fact that Shriek's account got deleted (mostly since I still need to watch some early Season I episodes and I'm not at all certain if PrismWeapon has them) and my irritation isn't helped by the fact that my favorite GX AMVs got deleted again (thankfully, I managed to save one of them to my hard-drive). Way to go, NAS -- antagonize the Western fans, why don't you? -_-
I'll bet you anything it must have been Elly (for whom I have some epithets that certainly can't be used in civilized company). I doubt there's any other person in this fandom (well, maybe The_Gunder as well) who can make my blood-pressure rise straight into the stratosphere with their very presence. There was someone else as well, in one of those threads, who acted all prissy and offended at the idea of the 10th anniversary special and couldn't stand the idea of the sequels mucking up his 'precious DM'. I'm not even going to mention the blockheads who keep touting the '5Ds is the true/worthy successor of DM' line, because I'd be giving myself a migraine again. ^^;;
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on 2009-08-18 02:16 pm (UTC)I admit, I'm pretty annoyed by the fact that Shriek's account got deleted (mostly since I still need to watch some early Season I episodes and I'm not at all certain if PrismWeapon has them) and my irritation isn't helped by the fact that my favorite GX AMVs got deleted again (thankfully, I managed to save one of them to my hard-drive). Way to go, NAS -- antagonize the Western fans, why don't you? -_-
I'll bet you anything it must have been Elly (for whom I have some epithets that certainly can't be used in civilized company). I doubt there's any other person in this fandom (well, maybe The_Gunder as well) who can make my blood-pressure rise straight into the stratosphere with their very presence. There was someone else as well, in one of those threads, who acted all prissy and offended at the idea of the 10th anniversary special and couldn't stand the idea of the sequels mucking up his 'precious DM'. I'm not even going to mention the blockheads who keep touting the '5Ds is the true/worthy successor of DM' line, because I'd be giving myself a migraine again. ^^;;
Man, what a fandom.....