This still amuses me. Free The LiveJournal Three! Possible because it's late and I'm immresed in my IRA research and well, I'm trying to make sense of it all and it's nice to have things like this to lugh about so there.
when people just IGNORE BLATANT EVIDENCE in favor of their *feelings,*
This is the problem I have with a lot of fandom debates, especially about RPS. People let their emotions overrun their logical minds, and that's just not something I can handle. It irritates me, and well, I've adapted the attitude that when meotions overrun brains, the argument is lost.
I wouldn't mind the emotions at all... It's why when I say stuff about RPS myself, I always temper it with "This is how I feel." My feelings aren't fact and don't apply to the whole wide world.
The Cassandra Claire thing and a lot of other stuff in fandom boils down to "I feel this way so everyone else must feel the same way." IE I can tribute people and because I would be flattered that some one did that to me, it's okay.
Of course, they don't phrase it that way... the phrase it as fact IE It's a tribute and no one gets hurt so it is okay. If you present evidence, it still doesn't matter to them most of the time becaue it contradicts their feelings, so facts are wrong.
It's why, while I acknowledge there is wiggle room for RPS and fan fiction, I myself wouldn't tolerate either based on me or mine and I'd probably seek legal recourse.
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This is the problem I have with a lot of fandom debates, especially about RPS. People let their emotions overrun their logical minds, and that's just not something I can handle. It irritates me, and well, I've adapted the attitude that when meotions overrun brains, the argument is lost.
But then, I'm a snob. :)
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Wouldn't mind the emotions
The Cassandra Claire thing and a lot of other stuff in fandom boils down to "I feel this way so everyone else must feel the same way." IE I can tribute people and because I would be flattered that some one did that to me, it's okay.
Of course, they don't phrase it that way... the phrase it as fact IE It's a tribute and no one gets hurt so it is okay. If you present evidence, it still doesn't matter to them most of the time becaue it contradicts their feelings, so facts are wrong.
It's why, while I acknowledge there is wiggle room for RPS and fan fiction, I myself wouldn't tolerate either based on me or mine and I'd probably seek legal recourse.
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