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OH GOD. THEY FILLED THE SLOT AND DIDN’T ADD A NEW ONE THERE. NOW I’M EVEN MORE STRESSED OUT. =( (BTW-This is about Chicago Fire in case you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t seen me freaking out for the last two weeks)
http://tvline.com/2015/04/02/may-sweeps-scorecard-2015-spoilers/
#MoreBOOMLessGloomThis! You know it’s bad when hardcore Rumple fans are leaving the fandom…
Interesting post. I thought the comment on the nature of the fandom was really revealing, too. She’s actually arguing that the awful writing for Rumple is half the problem, and the other half is the hostility from other fans of the show. I usually consciously stay the heck away from tumblr, but is the sort of vitriol the author is writing about a thing? Thoughts?
I’m actually reminded of this article on the new Avengers movie (spoliery, be warned) — it’s more about the treatment of strong female characters by the franchise, but also to some extent about aggressive responses from the fans.
Interesting post. I thought the comment on the nature of the fandom was really revealing, too. She’s actually arguing that the awful writing for Rumple is half the problem, and the other half is the hostility from other fans of the show. I usually consciously stay the heck away from tumblr, but is the sort of vitriol the author is writing about a thing? Thoughts?
The Once fandom is notoriously bad on Tumblr. There are a few awesome blogs, but there is a lot of anonymous hate going on. I deleted my account over a year ago. Twitter is even worse. And even Facebook. Basically, I don’t use social media other than this forum to talk about the show.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
I’ve also seen some horrific things posted on social media from ‘fans’ and it’s scary how mean and rude they can be to other fans who don’t agree with them. Tumblr is fine if you get rid of all the annoying blogs and avoid looking in any of the tags. I don’t mind Twitter at all because I’ve cut out all the garbage there too, but I agree that Facebook can be horrible. The comment sections there for almost any story are full of tooly people. I think FB makes me the most crazy which is why I avoid it so much. 🙁
#MoreBOOMLessGloomHappy Thursday!!!
I’ve also seen some horrific things posted on social media from ‘fans’ and it’s scary how mean and rude they can be to other fans who don’t agree with them. Tumblr is fine if you get rid of all the annoying blogs and avoid looking in any of the tags. I don’t mind Twitter at all because I’ve cut out all the garbage there too, but I agree that Facebook can be horrible. The comment sections there for almost any story are full of tooly people. I think FB makes me the most crazy which is why I avoid it so much.
Yeah, i actually think Tumblr is the worst, on facebook besides the MRJ facebook group , i dont follow any other things, so dont see comments, but twiter is also brutal , bc people can tweet direct to the actors, in order not to see those things u have block people, example, last night, Ranisha showed me a tweet that some Cser, that i blocked, (in fact i think some posts about set filming spoilers are from her)so i didnt saw it, she tag MRJ in a tweet to some other CSer that even tho she likes him( MRJ), Neal was a douche, that let emma go to jail pregnant, that she was happy that Neal was dead and that Neal funeral was the best scene from all show, im sorry, but even if u dont like the character, there is no need to tag the actor, that shows childish behaviour, also find it hilarious how the fandom acts like the characters exist in real life, bc many people in the fandom says, the character did this, is a idiot, they forget something , the characters dont exist, if they didnt do certain things is bc the Writers didnt wrote them doing that, so if there is anything that failed in the story, was the writing, not the characters.
Of course that in ouat fandom there is another problem, they tend to mix real life with fiction, example , MRJ is Neal to some fans( u know who fans im talking about), there are some people in Tumblr , that keep mocking MRJ, calling him names and in fact whenever there is news about him not ouat related, those people go to those articles calling him names, in fact one was blocked in TV line after that happened, during Sons of Liberty, one of those people went there calling MRJ names and bullying his fans, then same person went to the SOLs tag on IMBD and started calling him names also,until the mod came and deleted all her posts and blocked her from posting things on the Sols threads.
So yeah, ouat fandom is pretty mess up, and is not only the people inside the fandom saying it, the fandoms of other shows, call ouat fandom toxic.
"I offended you with my opinion? Ha, you should hear the ones I keep to myself".
Tumblr can be a cesspit of horridnesss. I have learned to stay out of #ouat and any general Once tag. Actually I don’t go in any of the Once tags much anymore. And after last year’s finale I went through and unfollowed any blogs I disliked or were things I did not ship. It made life easier. And I branched out into other tags. Grimm, knitting, food, crafts, etc. Not all Tumblr is that toxic. But I’ve noticed Once fans own a huge share of it. Also, like mentioned, any article about the show will have a bad representation of fandom commenting on it. Originally, the majority of my followers were all Once and Rumbelle specifically, but I’ve noticed more and more that the show doesn’t often get mentioned on the blogs that often. My dash used to be all Once related and now it’s odd posts here and there.
As for twitter, quite a few celebs are leaving due to bullying. Just this week Joss Whedon is one of a few that were chased off because of rabid fans. And remember Meghan Ohry quit after a Once kerfuffle.
I just want this tv season over with. I’m looking forward to reality summer tv for once in a weird way. I always despised it, but I need a break from deaths, retcons, and bold storytelling.
Happy Belated Birthday, WR. Hope it was a nice one!
Keeper of Rumplestiltskin's and Neal's spears and war paint and crystal ball.
Happy Thursday!!!
I’ve also seen some horrific things posted on social media from ‘fans’ and it’s scary how mean and rude they can be to other fans who don’t agree with them. Tumblr is fine if you get rid of all the annoying blogs and avoid looking in any of the tags. I don’t mind Twitter at all because I’ve cut out all the garbage there too, but I agree that Facebook can be horrible. The comment sections there for almost any story are full of tooly people. I think FB makes me the most crazy which is why I avoid it so much.
the characters dont exist, if they didnt do certain things is bc the Writers didnt wrote them doing that, so if there is anything that failed in the story, was the writing, not the characters.
THIS!!! 100000000% AGREED THIS!
There could have been sooo many directions Adam and Eddy could have chosen to bring OUAT….and they chose this horrid mess. And every ship is getting screwed over except their precious CaptainSwan, no scratch that, screw the shipping, this isn’t even about that anymore, it’s about the characters we have loved since Season 1 getting mainly screwed over in the worst way possible!
So yeah, ouat fandom is pretty mess up, and is not only the people inside the fandom saying it, the fandoms of other shows, call ouat fandom toxic.
Let’s see….CW Shows Fans call us that, even ABC Family’s Fandoms know how toxic the OUAT Fandom is! If People who don’t even watch the show can see how bad the fandom is, it’s giving a bad rep for Once, and it’s the people like us who care more about the storytelling and the wellbeing of our favorite characters than shipping who suffer the most, because Once has become ship ship ship, and there not even the best written ships! I’ve seen better written love stories on thirty second Hallmark Romance Movies than what we’re getting!
There was a time where I’d feel sorry for Adam and Eddy getting verbally abused on Twitter, but now I don’t….I mean really, had they wrote decent stories that weren’t cringe worthy, none of this would be happening….they only have themselves to blame for the downfall of what was once an empire sunday night show.
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
Oy. Don’t get me wrong, I mean the Internet more generally is Troll Central, but I guess what I’m surprised by is a) that the OUAT fandom lends itself to this sort of thing. I mean, I get why political and some professional venues (well, at least mine) are home to culture wars. This, to me, seems like a good reason to avoid them like the plague and indulge in the pretty innocuous escapism that shows like OUAT enable. But apparently there be dragons here too 😉 and b) it’s bizarre that it’s primarily divided over what appears to be ships/characters, as @Rainbow is mentioning, rather than a discussion over writing/representations.
Jo, if I’m not mistaken Joss Whedon has quit Twitter a couple of times. Which isn’t to say he’s not legitimately annoyed, since so much of the negativity was phrased as personal attacks. Actually the article I linked above is more or less about that.
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Happy belated birthday, WR. Hope you had a lovely day and got to kick back
Thanks Jo & @Nevermore!!!
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
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